More Recycling Residents

More residents across Bromsgrove will be able to recycle as the District Council is set to extend its already successful service to extra homes.

The fortnightly recycling collection service, which moved from kerbside boxes to a green wheeled bin in January, will now see almost 1600 extra households being able to recycle, over the next six months.

The improved scheme saw residents being able to put all recyclables, and a larger range of materials, in the green bin, meaning they could recycle more. However for a host of reasons including access and storage capacities, not all homes could benefit from the scheme.

But from September 789 properties currently using residential bulk bins and not receiving any recycling services, will be issued ‘green lid’ bulk bins and, as part of the improvements, 804 properties not currently receiving any recycling service due to difficult access issues will now be added to the kerbside boxes collection round. Also 207 existing properties receiving the fortnightly kerbside box collections will receive the fortnightly green wheeled bin collection service.

Portfolio-holder for Community Services, Cllr Mike Webb, said: “We already give the service to 95% of residents and these latest moves will see us closer our aim of 99.2% without costing the taxpayer anymore money.

“While not all residents will be receiving our green bin recycling service, in total 1593 additional properties will be receiving a recycling collection where a collection service which was not offered previously.

“And 207 properties will receive a service improvement. This is great news for residents and all part of our ongoing improvements to this service in a bid to get people recycling more!”

All changes to services are planned to roll out from September 2010 until March 2011. All residents involved will be notified directly and arrangements made to facilitate the new collection services.