The Edinburgh Bike Station, set up specifically as a bike recycling initiative, recycled between 50 and 100 bikes a month last year. The bikes are prepared for reuse, and any scrap is sent for recycling.
The project has set itself a target of diverting 76.5 tonnes of waste from disposal over two years.
With the extra money, manger Mark Sydenham said the project hopes to recycle 25% more bikes this year.
“The council's funding means that we can refurbish and recycle even more bikes, saving people valuable resources from going to landfill and helping more people to take up cycling,” he said.
The Bike Station has a sale every Saturday when they sell the refurbished bicycles and bike parts. They also offer sessions where people can bring their own bikes and hire a workstand for an hour.
Degradable plastic demand set to soar in US
The demand for degradeable plastics in the USA is expected to grow by around 13.7% per annum over the next three years according to research company Freedonia Group.
This is believed to be down to a core competitive pricing structure, improve performance characteristics and development of degradability standards.
Freedonia has said that the demand for degradeable plastics will reach over 168,000 tonnes by 2008, valued to be worth almost $500 million.
The report, Degradeable plastics, also said that demand for other environmentally friendly plastics, including biodegradable/compostable types, is expected to grow 16% per annum to more than 132,000 tonnes.
Recycling Centre celebrates tenth anniversary
A recycling centre in Poole, which has seen 9,000 tonnes of recyclable material in its time, will celebrate its tenth anniversary this month.
To mark the occasion, composters, recycled shopping bags, and glasses made from reclaimed bottles will all be given away at the Dudnance Lane site.
Councillor Graeme Hicks said: “This recycling centre is still the only purpose-built facility of its kind in Cornwall and it is crucial to the district's recycling activities. Over the last ten years the site has gone from strength to strength and I look forward to another decade of minimising waste in Kerrier.”
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