Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council has announced that it is offering local residents a second recycling bin for free, to meet growing recycling demand.
Currently, residents can recycle tins and cans, aerosols, foil, plastics, mixed glass, and cartons in a brown-lidded, wheeled recycling bin, which has a container insert for the collection of paper, cardboard, and newspapers and magazines.
Residents can also recycle food and garden waste in a green bin, which is collected along with the brown-lidded bin every two weeks.
However, the council has reportedly seen residents ‘really come up trumps’ in the last 12 months, recycling more and ‘being far more careful as to which bin they use to get rid of their rubbish’. The council currently recycles 45 per cent of household waste, slightly ahead of the national average in England (43.2 per cent).
As such,it is now offering residents an additional recycling bin free of charge.
Announcing the move in his column for Nuneaton News, Borough Council Leader Dennis Harvey wrote: ‘Most local people in Nuneaton and Bedworth are now being far more careful as to which bin they use to get rid of their rubbish, and in so doing help us to keep down Council Tax and protect other services.
‘However, many people have told us that they would like to do more, and so we are happy to supply a second recycling bin (brown lid) to those who need more capacity.
‘There is NO CHARGE for the extra bins, as the extra items then recycled would generate more income to the council.’
He added that residents can also apply for a second green bin, but this will be supplied at a ‘one-off cost’ of £27.
He continued: ‘Thanks for all your efforts to help keep our borough clean and tidy and for doing 'your bit' to keep down our costs and make sure more of our refuse is recycled.’
Residents are being warned that due to ‘massive demand’ for the extra bins, there may be a ‘little wait’ in receiving the bins.
According to Nuneaton News, the offering marks the first of several recycling-based schemes due to be launched by the borough council over the coming weeks.
Those who would like an extra brown-lidded or green bin should contact the borough council's rubbish and recycling hotline on 024 7637 6170.
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