New Recycling Scheme
There is to be a new (and I hope much improved) recycling scheme from 1 April. Durham City Council has gone into partnership with Chester-le-Street, Easington and Sedgefield Councils for a new contract which will make it easier for residents to recycle a much wider range of items in future.
A leaflet explaining the changes will drop through residents’ letterboxes in the next week or ten days.
The current green box scheme allows everyone to recycle newspapers, bottles and cans; some areas can also have purple plastic sacks for carboard and plastic, but not everywhere.
The new contract (with a firm called Greencycle) will given everyone a sturdy large sack for cardboard and plastic.
In the meantime here is a file of kerbside recycling Frequently Asked Questions which should help residents get an idea of what is involved and the scope of the scheme.
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Nigel –
Any chance of getting that leaflet, or a version of it, out in October to students who are living out? Round here there’s a lot of students who optimistically put out cardboard and plastic for recycling, presumably because the council back home accepts these things. Information about what can be recycled and when to do it could boost recycling rates and cut rubbish on the streets.
– Roger
Hi Roger. Thanks for reminding me. There was a meeting of the University City Liaison Group on Tuesday and the leaflet was mentioned.
I have just e-mailed the Colleges Division Office to get an electronic copy for posting here.