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Devon Web Directory
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Trade Recycling Scheme To Be Permanent? |
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
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Exeter City Council Media Release 26 February 2008 A trial trade waste recycling scheme that is saving more than 300 tonnes of waste from going to landfill every year looks set to be made permanent.
The initiative from Exeter City Council was only started in October for a six-month trial period but already has 541 businesses onboard. On average, the scheme is collecting around 6 tons of recyclables a week and in the early stages took in 18.6 tonnes of paper and cardboard in just 17 days!
Now members of the City Council's Scrutiny Community committee will next week (4 March) be asked to make the scheme permanent and take on an additional collection lorry and staff to keep up with demand.
The aim of the scheme is to reduce the amount of business refuse sent to landfill. Businesses pay £3 a week to have their cardboard and paper recycled. Before October, the City Council ran a trade refuse collection service but didn't offer a recycling collection for businesses.
Cllr Connel Boyle, Lead Councillor for Environment and Leisure, said: "We always knew there was a demand for the service but we didn't expect such a positive uptake as this. Click for Recycling listings in Devon
He added: "Before the introduction of the scheme we were collecting around 4,000 tonnes of mixed trade refuse every year, which got sent to landfill. We originally estimated that 1,000 tonnes, roughly a quarter of the total, could be recycled and the more businesses that get involved in this scheme the closer we will be towards achieving these targets. This is a good example of the Council and the Business sector working together."
Karl Bracken bury, Branch Manager of the London Camera Exchange in Fore Street, Exeter, said: "We are very happy with the new trade refuse recycling scheme. Separating the cardboard and paper from our refuse has not required any real effort on our part. The real benefit to us is that we save money. The benefit to the environment is self explanatory."
For more information see the Exeter City Council website |
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