In an attempt to raise recycling awareness among its residents, refuse collection vehicles throughout Charnwood have donned new adverts on their panels to promote local recycling initiatives. The panels are showing off their advertisements for Charnwood Borough Council's brown bin project, a campaign aimed at recycling garden waste. The panels, which measure 2.5m x 1.2m, are to be rotated every six months. They can be re-used year after year, adding another environmental element to the plan. Approximately 17,000 Charnwood residents already subscribe to the programme, which collects nearly 4,500 tonnes of garden waste each year. The garden waste is then composted. In March ... Full Story

