Photo Opportunity:
The waste campaigns team and Elaine Giles from Keynsham Town
Council will be available for a photo opportunity/interview at
Keynsham Town Council, Temple Street, Keynsham, with the
exhibition, postcards and examples of paper and cardboard at 2.30pm
on Thursday, 21 September.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is planning a six-month
campaign to encourage local people to recycle paper and card and
make the most of the recycling service.
“Many people are used to recycling newspapers and magazines
through their green box,” said Cllr Gerry Curran, Executive Member
for Sustainability and the Environment, “But fewer people are aware
of the range of paper we collect and a lot of people get confused
about what to do with their cardboard. The aim of this campaign is
to help people have a clearer understanding of what we collect so
they can make the most of the services we offer.”
Many people are surprised by the range of paper the Council
collects. As well as newspapers and magazines, people can recycle
junk mail, catalogues and directories, white envelopes, paper and
receipts, greetings cards, white based wrapping paper and small
amounts of shredded paper through the weekly green box recycling
service, run by ECT Recycling in partnership with the
Council.
Yellow Pages are also collected through the weekly green box
recycling service, but they need to be kept dry and separate from
the paper as they are recycled into animal bedding.
The Council provides a free fortnightly collection service for
cardboard and brown paper, which is collected at the same time as
garden waste and is made into compost.
People can also take their cardboard to any of the recycling
centres in Bath and North East Somerset, where it will be recycled
into packaging material. Paper banks are also available at these
sites.
The Council plans to promote these services through a number of
displays and events, beginning at Keynsham Town Council from
Monday, 18 September to Sunday, 1 October and Bath Central Library
from Monday, 23 October to Sunday, 12 November (further dates and
locations to be confirmed). A postcard sized checklist ideal for
putting on the fridge as a reminder is also available.
To find out more about recycling, please contact Council Connect
on 01225 39 40 41, text 07977 806544, email: councilconnect@bathnes.gov.uk
or see the Council’s website: www.bathnes.gov.uk/wasteservices
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