SUMMER RECYCLING
Recycling: It’s a picnic
If you enjoy a spot of picnicking during the summer, you no longer need to throw
your paper, plastic and cans into the rubbish bin, or carry it home to add to your
recycling collection – as Jessica Bunker found out.
T
he council is in the process
of installing new ‘on the
go’ recycling bins in parks
and high streets across the
borough to make it possible to recycle
outside of your home.
It is a simple way to positively
impact the environment and reduce
the amount of waste being sent to
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Summer 2014
be buried and rot in landfill. This is
because, presently, most rubbish
thrown into bins in our borough’s
parks and streets is generally sent
to landfill.
Although recycling at home is
second nature for many residents,
doing it if you are out and about
can be difficult when facilities are
not immediately available. With the
great British tradition of picnicking
and barbecuing; and with people
increasingly snacking ‘on the go’;
the council recognises that recycling
services need to cater to residents’
lifestyles, which are becoming ever
more fast-paced.
Councillor Bassam Mahfouz, cabinet
member for transport and environment,
said: “The recycling bins, which are being
installed throughout the summer in
various parks and high street locations,
will be easy to use and conveniently
placed. Paper, plastic and cans can all be
put in the same bin and will not need to
be separated, making it even easier to
recycle quickly, without any more effort
than putting it into a rubbish bin. I’m
delighted we can introduce something
that people have been keen to see.”