Around 5,500 tonnes of recyclables were collected last year from Pembrokeshire’s bring sites and civic amenity centres, which serve 53,000 households. There is no kerbside collection scheme currently in place, but the council is now taking steps towards improving the recycling rate even further.
In line with the council’s Waste Strategy, recycling facilities are to be updated and become more widely available. There are plans for a kerbside collection scheme to be introduced by 2005, a project which would initially incorporate 40% of residents. This follows a 479,000 grant from the Welsh Assembly Government this year – a sum over 400,000 more than the amount awarded in 2002.
Councillor Brian Hall, cabinet member for the Environment and Transportation, said: “The present recycling rate reflects the willingness of everyone within Pembrokeshire to participate in recycling initiatives. We cannot afford to relax though. The Welsh Assembly Government has set new tough targets for waste reduction and recycling which we must meet.”
A council in-house team currently collects and transports recyclables from its bring sites. Glass is taken to Conway Concrete Products in Caerleon, metal is sold to Corus and paper and card are outsourced to Shanks.
Mr Hall said residents would be notified of how they can be involved as new initiatives are implemented.
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