Cardboard recycling banks handle Shropshire waste
Friday 23rd December 2011, 10:56AM GMT.
Sixteen new cardboard recycling banks have been installed across Shropshire following a controversial decision to scrap kerbside collections in the county.
Veolia, which is responsible for collecting rubbish on behalf of Shropshire Council, stopped the collections at the end of November and said the decision followed new national regulations
The decision led to complaints from residents, with one petition started last week calling for the return of weekly bin collections.
It followed a previous petition that attracted more than 1,000 signatures and called for the collections to be reinstated.
Shropshire Council said that to help the situation it had now opened 16 new cardboard recycling banks.
The council has also announced it is looking to trial a new scheme for kerbside cardboard collections with Veolia early in the new year.
Councillor Mike Owen, Shropshire Council’s cabinet member with responsibility for waste and recycling, said: “It’s great that these new cardboard recycling banks have been installed, with more to follow once agreements are finalised.
“I’d like to reassure residents that we are working with Veolia to find a way to collect cardboard for recycling from the kerbside in the future, and are currently looking to trial a new scheme early next year.”
The council’s garden waste kerbside collection service receives about 38,000 tonnes every year from the collection of garden waste, cardboard and in some areas food waste from homes across the county. Cardboard represents around 4,000 tonnes of this total.
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