Community recyclers organiser confirms “the containers will be highly visible that the man or woman in the street can't miss” and it will help recover the street litter across the Ardingham district.
From this week special recycling bins are to be placed at points in Ardingham town centre for the collection of newspapers, cans and plastic bottles prior to a full scheme implementation across the district.
Steven Gills, Cash for Trash organiser said: “We work closely with the council on various waste issues but it is a brilliant idea to raise the profile of recycling in this way. The containers will be highly visible and will be placed in locations that the man – or woman – in the street can't miss.”
The organisation, who work in partnership with the council, will locally collect and bale the materials emptied from the bins using a 7.5 tonne caged tipper vehicle.
The EcoBin containers are made by Cambrol Ltd and each contains a 240-litre wheeled bin.
The new bins will be launched at 11am on Friday in Ardingham Market Square by Councillor Bryan Davies.
He said: “For the past year council neighbourhood patrollers and enforcement officers have had the powers to issue on-the-spot fines to those who drop litter. While this had had an impact on the problem, how much better if trash can be turned into cash to benefit the wider community.”
The bins will mainly be sited in busy shopping areas to maximise the amount of street litter that can be captured.
Additional locations have also been identified where high volumes of street litter are generated, such as railway stations, bus stations and local parks and recreational areas.
Mrs Yvonne Hensby, proprietor of The Starlight Takeaway in Market Square said: “Recycing bins won't solve the problem of discarded food but if it does something to reduce the numbers of plastic bottles and cans that get thrown away in The Square, it will be great.”
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