The money has come from the credits of Waste Recycling Group
(WRG), administered by WREN with additional funding coming from the
Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Nottinghamshire Rural Priority Area Partnership,
Ollerton Town Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Newark & Sherwood District
Council.
Recycling Ollerton & Boughton (ROB), based at Boughton Industrial Estate,
provides employment and training opportunities for 10 people with learning
difficulties from the nearby Whitewater Centre, together with five volunteers
and one full time project manager.
Kate Hiseman, Chairperson of ROB, said: “It is so important that we look
seriously at ways of recycling and reducing the amounts we send to landfill
and it is a responsibility we hold for future generations. ROB is going from strength to strength and with many similar schemes in operation across the country we are slowly but surely getting the message
across.”
She added: “It will be a huge achievement if people living in Ollerton
and Boughton can consistently exceed government targets for recycling.”
ROB started in November 1999 in response to a local survey and began
offering a kerbside collection of paper and cans to 200 homes. The scheme
quickly expanded and will cover all of Ollerton and Boughton by early next
year thanks to a total of 89,000 achieved in funding.
Kerys Witton, Project Manager with WREN, said: “There are exciting times
ahead for ROB and this project is a prime example of how people can work
together to benefit their local environments.”
The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme allows waste operators, such as WRG, to divert 20% of their annual Landfill Tax bill into community projects. A spokesman for WREN asked any groups seeking information about funding are asked to contact WREN on 01953 717165 or visit www.wren.org.uk
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