A string of roadshows on the ‘Think Silver, Think Recycling’ campaign have been a big success.
Cheshire East Council staff were on hand at Crewe, Nantwich, Congleton and Sandbach to offer help and guidance on the recycling and waste transformation scheme, which now allows residents to use the silver bin for all of their recycling.
In Crewe and Nantwich areas, where the silver bin is already in use, additional items such as glass, mixed plastics, foil and cartons can now be recycled. Congleton, Sandbach and surrounding areas will have also received a new silver bin.
The roadshows helped to iron out any issues which residents may have had with the new scheme they could enter a competition to win £350 of vouchers to spend on a bicycle from Audlem Cycle Sport, courtesy of the Council’s recycling contractor, UPM.
Councillor Don Stockton, Cabinet support member with responsibility for environmental services, said: “The recycling and waste team members were able to solve any problems and provide residents with advice, information leaflets, calendars and stickers.
“They were also on hand with helpful hints and tips of how best to recycle and to take requests for replacement or larger bins.
“The scheme is rolled out in the north of Cheshire East in the autumn, so residents should keep their eyes peeled for roadshows.”
Thousands of green bins, which were previously used to collect paper in Crewe and Nantwich, have been collected by Cheshire East.
However, anyone who still has a green bin and wishes to have it collected should contact the Council to arrange a collection.
For more information, contact the recycling and waste team on 0300 123 5011 or at www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/recycling
How they measure success I dont know from my point of view its a right cockup. They hadnt arranged to collect our black bins so if I hadnt complained it would have been over 3 weeks before its collected and it cost me £4 to sort their mess out. Now of coarse the bins are the wrong size as the grey bin now take most of the rubbish so being smaller its full so you have to put rubbish in the back bin as there is nowhere else to put it
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