Increased recycling with Side Waste Success

The new Eastleigh Borough policy of not having side waste on non-recyclable waste collections is having a positive effect on the recycling rate. At the recent full council a sceptical conservative group asked questions about the new side waste policy. The answers by Eastleigh Environment Cabinet member Cllr Louise Bloom, make interesting reading :-

All of this is no surprise as it mirrors the experience of the majority of Hampshire Councils, who have found to have high recycling rates you have to make people think a bit harder about which bin the rubbish should go in.