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Hambleton district council has started a campaign to encourage both the public and businesses to set up composting systems for recycling organic waste. By offering compost bins at reduced prices, and working with WRAP (Waste Resources and Action Programme), the council hopes to encourage people to significantly reduce the amount of rubbish they are throwing away.

The district’s recycling officer commented,

“Last year, we recycled or composted 44 per cent of all household waste through the fortnightly green collections, kerbside collections and our town and village recycling points.

“It is vital that this keeps on increasing - we cannot keep on sending waste to landfill sites.”

The council is also running a competition for residents to encourage them to recycle cartons from drinks and juice, and have joined forces with Tetra Pak to offer a variety of prizes and get the word out about their recycling facilities.

This entry was posted at 9:00 am on June 23, 2008 by apwaste; and is filed under: organic compost. Comments are currently open; please feel free to discuss this article with other members of the website.


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