Recycling

Birmingham Recycling Target Risen

Birmingham accepts the challenge of 35% recycling target. Birmingham City Council has decided to keep the 35% recycling target for the next year after talk it would be lowered to 30%. The council’s cabinet member for sustainability stated that the lower target was a recommended goal within the 2014/15 report on performance monitoring and was only that low due to a ‘technical error’. The suggested lowering of the target called in to question the green credentials of the council and a verbal amendment to the report was made in order to clarify that the council had no intention of lowering… Read more

14th August 2015 0

Circular Economy: EU Recycling

The UK has scrapped the idea of Europe setting new targets for recycling regardless of the warnings from the EU’s environment commissioner that the measures won’t be up for negotiation. Targets for household waste recycling are expected to be discussed in an upcoming EU ‘circular economy’ package despite the UK believing that any new targets should be put on hold. The UK reportedly would like a greater emphasis on other measures like voluntary agreements with industry and incentives to reward positive behavioural changes. Per year the UK scraps seven million tonnes of food, with several millions more tonnes of electrical… Read more

9th July 2015 0

Neighbourhood Recycling Watch

Neighbourhood Recycling Watch: In Adelaide, Australia there are many things to be feared; venomous spiders, dangerous snakes and now… the dreaded sad face sticker. Councils across Adelaide are despatching inspectors to brand people’s wheelie bins and those who are found with incorrect rubbish in bins will be tarnished with a sad faced sticker. Recycling Police – Why? The council believe that by alerting residents to their mistakes it will educate them better. The aim of the scheme is not to embarrass or punish anyone, but to teach residents about which waste is recyclable and which is organic. The stickers started appearing this… Read more

10th June 2015 0

Birmingham has wheelie bin success

Wheelie bin roll out

Since the controversial wheelie bin programme, which saw 22,000 wheelie bins rolled out across Birmingham, there has been a huge increase in recycling rates across the city. Recent figures show that there has been an impressive 18.5% increase in recycling over the last year. Ladywood, Aston, Winson Green and Nechells were some of the first areas to receive their wheelie bins, now almost a year ago. Since then Bin Men have reported that they now collect more plastics, glass, tins and paper than they used to. And the statistics are there to back up these claims. Birmingham Council’s figures comparing… Read more

20th April 2015 0