Wednesday, January 12, 2005
St Edmundsbury's new recycling scheme has proved to be a winner.
Research was carried out last year to study local people's recycling habits and to find out their views about the new three-bin scheme. Councillors will hear the results at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 25 January.
Waste analysis work has shown that St Edmundsbury achieved the highest collection of compostable waste in the county (68%) and managed to capture over 90% of all paper and card through the blue bin scheme.
St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath also diverted nearly 50% of their total waste (in terms of weight) to recycling and composting. This means that only half of residents' total rubbish is now going to a landfill site. This result is even better than Daventry which recycles 43% and is considered to be one of the best performing councils in England. Local residents are also happy with the new scheme, with 81% saying they are just as satisfied as they were before or think the new service is even better.
Research was carried out last year to study local people's recycling habits and to find out their views about the new three-bin scheme. Councillors will hear the results at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 25 January.
Waste analysis work has shown that St Edmundsbury achieved the highest collection of compostable waste in the county (68%) and managed to capture over 90% of all paper and card through the blue bin scheme.
St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath also diverted nearly 50% of their total waste (in terms of weight) to recycling and composting. This means that only half of residents' total rubbish is now going to a landfill site. This result is even better than Daventry which recycles 43% and is considered to be one of the best performing councils in England. Local residents are also happy with the new scheme, with 81% saying they are just as satisfied as they were before or think the new service is even better.
