<!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Angsana New”; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-2130706429 0 0 0 65537 0;} @font-face {font-family:”Cordia New”; panose-1:2 11 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-2130706429 0 0 0 65537 0;} @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:”Cordia New”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:”Cordia New”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} –> A local borough council in London is planning a new scheme to boost its recycling rates by completely overhauling the borough’s current waste management system.
Brent council will look to improve recycling to 60 per cent of all waste in time for 2020 EU and UK recycling targets. Unveiling its new plan, the council will encompass 15,000 flats and every house within the area into this latest scheme. At present, only a very small portion of flats have access to recycling services, but the new proposal will significantly increase recycling availability for flats as well as industry-related machinery.
Assistant Director of Environment and Culture for Brent council, Michael Read said that residents will now have additional space for recycling as the council seeks to provide larger wheelie bins. He added that the council will also survey residents to get opinions on ease of access to recycling, types of materials needing collection and any additional issues with current waste management practices. Furthermore, he said that the new proposal will mostly be about recycling and incorporate very little waste being sent to landfill sites.
Brent council has said that the new waste management scheme will save the local authority up to £1.2 million per year. New initiatives like moving to fortnightly collections as opposed to weekly are expected to cut down on taxpayer expenses. The council also aims to implement these changes within the next 12 months and said full services of the new programme should be functioning in full swing by July 2011.
Many local councils have begun to reform their policies on waste management as looming EU targets coupled with new legislation from the coalition government clamp down on allowances for waste being sent to landfill.
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