Blue bins a success!
As a member of Stafford Borough Council’s Environment Scrutiny Committee, I heard an update on the new recycling and refuse collection arrangements at last night’s meeting in Stafford. We were given a presentation showing the results of the first two week’s operation and very impressive it was too! Recyclables are up 66% and garden waste and cardboard up over 50%. And if these figures are maintained Stafford Borough will jump up the ‘league tables’ for recycling from fairly near the bottom up to among the top three authorities in Staffordshire. Of course there have been teething problems (including an unanswered complaint from me a fortnight ago!) but it looks as if most issues have been sorted. I was pleased to hear that all the new vehicles had been delivered and that the difficulties around Stonefield Park were being resolved.
And I am fairly confident we may be able to persuade an officer from the Borough - and perhaps one from the County - to come to Stone and give a presentation at a public meeting. I explained to the committee that I had been asked by several people what happened to all the different recycled materials after they had been collected and that I felt there were many who were genuinely interested in recycling and would be interested in learning more. The reaction was positive so I intend to follow up the idea. Watch this space!
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