Recycling rockets thanks to new bin collection

1:40pm Tuesday 7th August 2012 in News

RECYCLING rates in Northwich and Winsford are soaring thanks to a controversial new waste collection service.

Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) introduced the new collection at the beginning of June and have seen 70 per cent of all waste being sent for recycling.

This has seen the amount of rubbish sent to landfill fall by almost 40 per cent.

Clr Lynn Riley, CWAC’s executive member for community and environment, said: “The new Recycle First service, designed around what our residents told us was important to them, puts increasing recycling at the very heart of its designs.

“We knew that improving recycling rates would not only help us save more than £50 million over the life of the contract with May Gurney but could potentially make Cheshire West and Chester one of the best performing areas in the country.

“And the figures show exactly that – the new weekly kitchen waste collection has proved particularly popular, with high participation resulting in more than 200 tonnes of kitchen waste being collected for recycling already.”

The new system will be rolled out to Ellesmere Port and Neston this month and Chester in October.

• How do you think the new service is settling down? Let us know by leaving your comments below.

Comments(2)

L Byrne says...
2:35pm Tue 7 Aug 12

As a user of the of the new service from the first day, I am happy to say that it is excellent. The bins are collected and emptied in an efficient way and the attitude of the staff is very helpful.

I know that it is early days yet but so far,so good and congratulations to all involved.

I hope that the big chiefs of TATA in Northwich and in Mumbai are taking note. If they have any shame they would cancel their outrageous scheme to haul hundreds of thousands tonnes of garbage from across the UK into our town, which is on its way to having one of the highest recycling rates in the country.

It is now up to Ed Davey, the Secretary of State, to refuse planning permission for the Northwich incinerator thereby ensuring that Cheshire is recognised for giving priority to saving resources which is what recycling is all about and not to reward TATA which is intent on destroying them by incineration.

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Sue Statham says...
6:55pm Thu 9 Aug 12

You certainly need your wits about you when sorting out the household rubbish these days. Recycling percentages for this area continue to increase. That is why it makes me extremely angry that Tata Imperial Chemicals are one of two final bidders for a contract to deal with West London waste. Should they be awarded the contract, they would be transporting 300,000 tonnes of waste, per annum, from London to Northwich. This would result in 300,000 tonnes of West London waste, per annum, being incinerated in Tata/E-On's "green" energy from waste plant at Lostock.
Should the Proximity Principle regarding the treatment of waste be adhered to, West London's waste should be treated as near to source as possible.
So a pat on the back for those who take part in our local recycling scheme. It would be an absolute disgrace if our community were to be exposed to the many negatives sides of the incineration process, which include traffic pollution and pollution from incinerator emissions, just so that Tata Imperial Chemicals can make money from the inefficiency of far-flung places in dealing with their own waste.

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