An environmental policy proposed by the Liberal Democrats intends to reduce the amounts of waste sent to landfills in Sheffield.
Councillor Paul Scriven who is the group leader revealed that if the party wins majority seats in Sheffield Council in May they will initiate a second kerbside recycling collection.
Ten per cent of Sheffield’s waste presently comprises of glass, of which only a fifth undergoes recycling. Since glass does not burn when incinerated it ends up being sent to landfill sites. The glass now comprises a significant proportion of the fifteen per cent of waste that is dumped in landfills. The Liberal Democrats believe this statistic could be decreased to below ten per cent if the glass was segregated to enable recycling.
Councillor Paul Scriven admitted that after consulting with the residents of Sheffield, they indicated that recycling was a high priority for them and they wanted an additional kerbside collection service. The council was budgeting the funds for the extra service.
The Liberal Democrats first made known their intention for the allocation of one and a half million pounds for the additional kerbside collection service in their alternative budget for the 2008/2009 financial year but the proposal was shot down at a full council meeting in early March this year. But Councillor Paul Scriven is confident that the initiative will still see the light of day later in the year or in the 2009/2010 financial year if the Liberal Democrats win the elections in Sheffield.
The councillor also revealed that Liberal Democrats would deliberate on letting communities to start their own enterprises to run the new recycling collection in various areas rather than awarding the contract to a single firm.
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