SABC is delighted to have now rolled out a kerbside recycling box collection to the final few hundred properties within the town centre river loop. This means that residents within the river loop, in the mediaeval core of the town, will now have access to the same service that the rest of the Borough enjoys.
This means that 100% of households in the Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham now have access to a kerbside recycling collection. The box-based service offers a collection of 5 different materials for recycling; paper, cans, glass, textiles/shoes and batteries which are taken for industrial reprocessing. Furthermore all households are offered the collection of garden waste and cardboard; which goes mixed together for composting on a local farm.
Further to this, good quality furniture and household items will be collected free of charge for re-use by the local furniture scheme. Also Tetra pak and other paper-based liquid cartons, books and plastic bottles can be recycled at bring sites around the area plus the Shropshire Waste Partnership’s Civic Amenity site on Vanguard Road at Battlefield offers the recycling of more than 20 different types of material!
As such it is no surprise that the Council is finding that levels of recycling in the area are soaring. Further data is still required to model overall performance levels, but it is clear from the tonnage collected already that levels of recycling in the area have been considerably boosted by the recent changes to an Alternate Weekly Collection method.
Councillor Mrs Judith Williams who holds the Portfolio for recycling at SABC commented:
"Offering the kerbside recycling collection service universally to all residents shows the Council's commitment to our Community Strategy aspiration to help make Shrewsbury an ‘environmental centre of excellence’. This is well ahead of the Household Waste and Recycling Act aspiration for every home in Britain to have such a service by 2010 and is ahead of many other authorities. It will help the Council to recycle even more household waste and so reduce the use of landfill, so it’s good news for the environment".
Any town centre residents who want to participate in this recycling service or have any queries about the new scheme can contact SABC’s Waste Management Hotline on 01743 281155 or email recycling@shrewsbury.gov.uk
James Thompson, Recycling and Sustainability Officer
Tel. 01743 281039
email: james.thompson@shrewsbury.gov.uk
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