A THIRD bin will be rolled out to households in Coventry in a bid to help people recycle.
The £3million scheme will see blue-lid bins delivered for paper, card, glass and plastic over the next few months.
It brings the total number of bins to three at each address.
The new bins – made of recycled plastic – cost £2.4million and the scheme will cost £460,000 to run annually.
The council has been awarded £250,000 from government-funded waste organisation Wrap to publicise the scheme and fund two recycling champions who will give one-to-one help to anyone struggling with the new system.
Figures revealed by Coventry City Council show 26 per cent of household waste is currently recycled in the city.
It is hoped the new bins will see this figure rise to 32 per cent next year and 38 per cent by 2011-2012.
Councillor Hazel Noonan, cabinet member for city services, said: “We have listened to the citizens of Coventry and they are saying that people want to recycle more.
“This extra bin will make it easier for people to recycle more materials from their home.”
Current black or blue boxes used for recycling can either be re-used or handed back to the council.
Homes that have refuse collected on a Wednesday or Thursday will receive their new blue bin during September.
Households that normally have their rubbish collected on Tuesdays and Fridays will receive their wheeled bins from mid-October.
The first collections of the new recycling service will take place on Wednesday October 14 and Thursday October 15.
The second phase collections dates are Tuesday November 24 and Friday November 27.
Leaflets explaining the new bins will be handed out to 60,000 homes this week.
For more information visit www.coventry.gov.uk/recycling.
I live in Rugby where the three bin system has already been introduced. Technically it does make it easier to recycle but I find I tend to throw everything, recyclable or not,into the normal black bin and don't use the blue lidded bin very much at all.
ReplyDeleteHaving three bins also takes up a lot of space and I think it will be a problem for a lot of people, especially those who don't have a drive, garage or garden.
I think this is an excellent initiative by the Coventry city council. Recycling has always been something ive wanted to do, but the busy modern life i lead has made it difficult for me. Now that i can throw my recyclable waste into a bin and not feel guilty about it is amazing. I cant wait to give this new bin a go.
ReplyDeleteI personally dont have problems with free space but can understand others plight. But i urge anyone able to house this wonderful bin to do so!
Together we will make the world a better place!
2.4 million for the bins, £460,000 a year to run and this is going to add another 6 per cent to the recycling in coventry,,thats alot of time,effort and money for 6 per cent,and i suppose the council tax will be going up to pay the extra costs.. does this mean 68 per cent of the households in coventry are not going to bother recycling ? and where are we supposed to put these bins, its bad enough with one never mind three.
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