St Albans residents beat recycling target

We residents in St Albans are so good at recycling that we've already beaten the council's target of 50% of household waste by 2010/11 (up from 36.35% in 2007/8). To help reach a new target of 60% by 2015, the council is introducing new waste collection measures including

• the completion of the roll out of recycling facilities for glass, newspapers, magazines, plastic bottles, cans and aerosols to all flats and maisonettes in the District by the end of 2011/12;
•  the introduction of recycling facilities at schools, where practicable, by the end of 2011/12;
•  looking at a campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags;
• door-to-door visits in 2012/13 to encourage residents to make better use of the current recycling facilities available to them, and 
• a waste audit in 2012/13 to identify what is going to landfill which could recycled, composted or reused.

The Council is also looking at whether it can make changes to its current system of waste collection, either under its existing refuse and recycling contract with Enterprise which comes to an end in 2015 or under any new contract after this date. It is considering the possibility of

• collecting clothes, mixed plastics and tetra pak cartons from the kerbside,
• collecting green waste, including food, cardboard and garden waste weekly during the summer months
• providing a second green wheeled bin for garden waste with option of charging for the service.

More information about recycling in St Albans City and District is available on the Council’s recycling website at: http://www.recyclingforapremier.com