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Problem recycling banks make way for improved kerbside service
With plans being developed to roll out of Sort It Plus kerbside collection of plastic bottles and cardboard in Taunton Deane, Somerset Waste Partnership will be removing a number of recycling banks.
Recycling banks only contribute a small percentage of materials recycled in the county and can attract fly tipping and litter. To reduce costs and support implementation of the more effective kerbside collections a number are earmarked to go.
Councillor Tim Slattery, Taunton Deane Environment Portfolio Holder and Somerset Waste Board member explained: “These recycling banks are expensive to maintain and don’t always do the job required in Somerset. We need to make sure we keep what funds we have for the improved kerbside collections without creating unreasonable barriers to recycling. So we’ve carefully identified banks that are under used, attract fly tipping or provide services that are duplicated nearby. Before they go we have written to land owners, to whom we’re very grateful for having the banks on their land, offering to let them take them on. If they don’t, rather than stand still, we’ll take them out to get ready for better kerbside collection services.”
The full range of materials can still be recycled at Household Waste Recycling Centres and at recycling banks in larger towns and villages.
Sort It Plus will roll out across Taunton Deane over two years. Participating Households will receive an additional recycling box and a notification pack before plastic bottles and cardboard collections start (please do not put these materials out for collection before receiving your start date for the service).
For more information on recycling and waste in Somerset, including advice on how you can reduce the amount you produce, log on to www.somersetwaste.gov.uk
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Notes to Editors:
About Somerset Waste Partnership:
Somerset Waste Partnership manages waste and recycling services on behalf of Mendip, South Somerset, Sedgemoor and West Somerset District Councils, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Somerset County Council.
Recycling in Taunton Deane
The following materials can be recycled with kerbside collections in Taunton Deane: -
Paper (including newspaper, magazines, directories and catalogues), glass bottles and jars, food and drink cans, aluminium foil, clothes and pairs of shoes (bagged to keep dry), car batteries.
Household Waste recycling Centres at Poole near Wellington and Priorswood in Taunton also accept a wide range of materials, including bulky items and electrical appliances.
Recycling banks will still be provided at: Village Hall, North Curry; Oaken Ground, Rockwell Green; Kilkenny Car Park, Taunton; Paul Street Car Park, Taunton; North Street Car Park, Wellington; Croft Way Car Park, Wiveliscombe.
Sort It Plus
Cardboard and plastic bottles will be added to kerbside collections in Taunton Deane over the next two years. The first phase is expected to roll out in December, with further phases in 2010 and 2011.
Media Contact:
For Press enquiries, including interview requests, please contact Mark Blaker, Senior Communications Officer on 01823 625714.
General Contact:
Customer Services - 01823 625700
24 September 2009
For further details contact Mark Blaker
01823 625714
Email: Mark.blaker@somersetwaste.gov.uk
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