Rogue rubbish lands recycling ‘champion’ in mire

11 April 2007

A council applauded for its innovative waste-collection service has admitted to sending some of its own rubbish to landfill.
South Kesteven District Council, which took a staunch approach to recycling by introducing microchips in wheelie bins to monitor how much waste people recycled, sent 61t of general waste from its head office in Grantham to landfill sites during 2006-2007. However, some 44t of paper waste was recycled that year – ‘the equivalent of 748 trees’, the council’s healthy environment corporate head, Tracey Blackwell, said.
During the previous year, the council produced about 390t of rubbish, coming from all its premises.
‘We recognise that we need to do better. We are reviewing the current situation and are looking at ways to recycle more of the waste we produce,’ Blackwell said.
Surveyor’s sister publication, The MJ, recently praised the council for improvements to its waste-collection service, and for increasing the amount recycled.
‘Our residents are doing their bit – 44% of rubbish is now being recycled in areas which have twin bins – but we need to improve too. And we will,’ Blackwell said.

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