Gordon Hook

Liberal Democrat District Councillor for Buckland and Milber Learn more

New Recycling System

by admin on 22 November, 2014

Councillors received notification this week that all residents will be contacted by Teignbridge prior to changes in the recycling system being implemented in their area, which currently is due to happen next June. Further information about the changes can be found on line at www.teignbridge.gov.uk/newrecyclingservice
While I am adamantly opposed to the introduction of a new charge (tax!) for those wanting to continue to have their garden waste collected, some of the changes are ones I ( and the Lib Dems) have been proposing for a long time….weekly food waste collections, mixed plastics and a separate cardboard collection to enable the composted end product to reach what is known as PAS 10…a standard that allows the product to be called and used as a compost, which currently it doesn’t. I am hoping that Teignbridge will adopt an entrepreneurial approach and begin selling this product …or perhaps, as we used to when the Lib Dems ran the authority, give it away to residents….but of course that was in “the good old days!”

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