Denbighshire county council has delivered over 10,000 blue boxes ready for its new fortnightly kerbside collection starting next week.
Working with waste management company SITA, the North Wales council will be collecting newspapers magazines, cans and glass. Textiles will also be collected but the council has specified that it only wants items that are unsuitable for charities.
The collections will initially cover 2,255 properties in Ruthin, 6,000 in Rhyl and 2,521 in Denbigh but the council plans to include a total of 22,000 households as the scheme is extended.
Councillor Mike German, cabinet member for Environment and Sustainable Development, said: “This is a major breakthrough in the recycling stakes for Denbighshire. Many people already make the weekly journey to the bottle and paper banks, but now, in many areas, we will be coming to them. I am really hopeful that it will encourage people who don't currently recycle to have a go.”
Recoup re-launches website
The plastics recycling organisation Recoup has unveiled a new-look website, www.recoup.org.
 Recoup's new-look website |
The website includes a range of features including descriptions of simple tests that can be used to identify polymer types to help suppliers find suitable markets.
A statement from Recoup said: “The new site is designed with ease of use and access to information in mind. The structure is very user-friendly and built to make commonly needed assistance quick and easy to find.”
The business support site will soon be joined by a section for community groups with information for educational purposes.
Hampshire withdraws paper banks after arson attacks
Hampshire county council has withdrawn collection banks from its most successful household waste recycling centre for paper recycling after “repeated acts of arson and vandalism”.
Despite almost 18,000 being spent on security at the Gosport HWRC, attacks have occurred so frequently – usually at night – that the decision was taken to remove the prime target, the paper and cardboard banks.
Cllr Jonathan Glen, executive member for spatial strategy at Hampshire, said: “I appreciate that the vast majority of law abiding citizens who recycle their cardboard in Gosport will be affected, but would urge anyone who has any information about the attacks to work with the Police, so that we can try to return the paper and cardboard recycling facilities as soon as possible.
The fourth busiest recycling centre in the county, the Grange Road site had been recycling 25 tonnes of cardboard every month until the withdrawal of facilities. Residents are now being directed to nearby sites in Segensworth and Havant.
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