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SORT IT PLUS Roadshows
Somerset Waste Partnership will be holding road shows in areas of Sedgemoor about to start the new SORT IT PLUS kerbside recycling service so local people can ask questions and see the new containers.
SORT IT PLUS is being phased in across Sedgemoor over the next two years and is expected to double recycling rates in the district. The new service is being introduced following successful trials last year and provides weekly collections of food waste and recycling, and fortnightly collections of refuse.
Around 2,500 homes will join the service in November. These are in parts of Brent Knoll, Durleigh, Axbridge, Chilton Polden and Burnham-on-Sea. Notification packs have been delivered to all participating households. These will be followed by new collection containers, together with full service details, which will be delivered over a three-week period before the new collections start. Householders will be supplied with a food waste bin and kitchen caddy, an additional box for plastic bottles and cardboard and, where properties have been assessed to be suitable, a wheeled bin for refuse.
The road shows will be held at: -
• Wednesday 14th October 10am to 1pm Brent Knoll Parish Hall
• Wednesday 14th October 3.30pm to 6.00pm Chilton Polden Church Hall
• Thursday 15th October 4.30pm to 7.00pm St Mary’s Primary School, Durleigh
• Friday 16th October 10am to 1pm The Princess Hall, Burnham-on-Sea
As well as asking questions about SORT IT PLUS, the road shows will allow people to see the new collection containers. A smaller wheeled bin for refuse can be requested if it is thought the standard size bin will be too big.
For more information on recycling and waste in Somerset, including advice on how you can reduce the amount you produce, visit 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.
SORT IT PLUS adds cardboard and plastic bottle collections to the successful SORT IT recycling service currently operating in Mendip, South Somerset and Taunton Deane. SORT IT has led to Somerset achieving one of the highest recycling rates in the country.
Media Contact:
For Press enquiries, including interview requests, please contact Mark Blaker, Senior Communications Officer on 01823 625714.
General Contact:
Customer Services - 01823 625700
05 October 2009
For further details contact Mark Blaker
01823 625714
Email: Mark.blaker@somersetwaste.gov.uk
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