A call is going out to all residents in the former Macclesfield Borough to help further boost Cheshire East Council’s prolific recycling rate when their new silver bins are delivered next month.
Since the Council introduced its Think Silver, Think Recycling scheme in the south of Cheshire East in May, the area’s ‘dry recycling’ rate has increased by an impressive 400 tonnes a month.
If this is repeated in the north, Cheshire East’s 50 per cent total recycling rate will increase by five per cent by 2012.
Dry recyclables are the materials which are currently being put into separate bags and boxes, including paper, glass and plastics, which will soon be placed in the new silver bin.
These bins, one for each household, will be delivered to homes in Macclesfield, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Poynton, Alderley Edge and surrounding areas from September 12 and the scheme begins on October 3.
Councillor Rod Menlove, Cabinet member with responsibility for environmental services, said: “We achieved a prolific recycling rate of just short of 50 per cent in 2009/2010 – the highest in the North West and way ahead of the 40 per cent national average. But we don’t simply want to stop there.
“It is very important that we build on this success and continue to be socially responsible and recycle. Our residents in the south have taken to the new scheme very positively and I must applaud them for helping us generate such a big increase in dry recycling.
“Now, if people in the north can repeat that feat, we could stop around 8,000 tonnes of waste going to landfill in the first year of this scheme and continue to set a shining example to all other local authorities.”
The scheme means no more juggling around with bags and boxes – recycling is all sorted in one. All dry recyclable materials will go into one bin, with only one collection day to remember and residents will be able to recycle mixed plastics, cartons and foil for the first time.
Recycling and garden bins will be emptied one week and the other, non-recyclable waste on the alternate week.
Further details will be delivered by post to residents all over the northern area of Cheshire East over the coming weeks.
A string of roadshow events, giving people the opportunity to raise any issues, ask questions or seek advice, are being held at the end of September and in October. Dates and times are yet to be confirmed.
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