www.cotswold.gov.uk
A new report is showing that Cotswolds residents rank among the best in Britain when it comes to composting and recycling.
The figures, which were released during National Recycling Week, indicated that Cotswold residents achieved the second-highest rates in the South of England and Wales, composting and recycling 61 per cent of their household waste in the 2008-2009 period.
Additionally, the figures pointed out that for the July-September 2008 period, Cotswold District Council’s composting and recycling rate was 69 per cent - the highest in the UK.
Mark Tufnell, the Cotswold District Council Portfolio Holder for the Environment, commented: “We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved in such a short space of time by becoming, arguably, the country’s best recycling authority. We achieved this by making sure we fully explained the new scheme to residents before it was implemented, but also because Cotswold residents themselves were keen to recycle.”
He went on to say: “Cotswold is a beautiful part of the country and we together with our residents want to keep it that way. We are not resting on our laurels though, we want to get the message out that we still want be people to recycle even more to reduce the cost both to the environment and council tax-payers’ pockets.”
Thanks to www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk for the above quotes, for more information on this article please visit their website.
www.cotswold.gov.uk
|
|
