Recycling in Nottingham falls for the first time in six years
RECYCLING in Nottingham has fallen for the first time in at least six years.
The city council has blamed government funding cuts after the amount of household waste being recycled fell to 33.2 per cent in 2011-12 – down from 37.3 per cent the previous year.
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Overall there was 6,000 tonnes less of items including glass, plastic, paper, cardboard, tins and garden waste recycled.
All councils in Notts who dispose of waste saw a fall in recycling, except Gedling.
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It comes at a time when recycling rates nationally have continued to rise.
Nigel Lee, of Nottingham Friends of the Earth, said: "This is a serious problem that needs to be resolved.
"It's an example of Government funding cuts going to the point where it is making services worse."
Eco-campaigner Shlomo Dowen, of Mansfield, a member of People Against Incineration, said: "It is a cause for concern. It is frustrating to the point of agonising."
Councillor Alan Clark, the city council's portfolio holder for Energy and Sustainability, said funding cuts had forced the council to axe a trial of food waste collections and reduce the months that it collects garden waste.
He added that council hoped it could turn it around by making it easier for residents in flats to recycle and running a New Year campaign to reinforce the message about what can and can't be recycled.
A Defra report said: "This could indicate that authorities have by now exploited the easiest targets in terms of recycling, and are increasingly facing challenges in influencing behaviour change."
Comments
by DunkirkPie
Friday, November 23 2012, 9:17AM
“Well mine is a very very dark grey if it is grey. Talk about splitting hairs...”
by MR_B_NOTTM
Thursday, November 22 2012, 8:43PM
“smshogun, us people in the Rushcliffe area do not have a black bin. Grey for general waste, green for garden waste and blue for recyclable.”
by WASPS
Thursday, November 22 2012, 3:05PM
“My advice is to use the £25 you could've wasted on recycling and put it towards something worthwhile like a massage, a bottle of wine or a nice meal. Go on, treat yourself.”
by roland
Thursday, November 22 2012, 2:19PM
“Mm, that's trypical of your advice smshogun - telling people to do the wrong thing.”
by DunkirkPie
Thursday, November 22 2012, 2:12PM
“You're obviously easily amused.”
by smshogun
Thursday, November 22 2012, 1:56PM
“Just put your recyclables in the black bin and save yourself £25 per year.”
by roland
Thursday, November 22 2012, 1:10PM
“Oh, how I laughed.”
by DunkirkPie
Thursday, November 22 2012, 12:28PM
“A tragic figure in many ways eh? Oh well, each to their own, live and let live etc!”
by Son_of_Reddog
Thursday, November 22 2012, 12:20PM
“Dunk - Roland is in fact kpi / smith1984 et al. His poor writing style and sad trollism stands out a mile lol”
by DunkirkPie
Thursday, November 22 2012, 12:14PM
“Roland, I really don't know how you can possibly claim to know who I have and have not had telephone conversations with! Do you work for MI6?! I would be offended by your bizarre insults if it wasn't so obvious that you are a bit simple.
Do you deny that Rushcliffe Borough Council's £25 annual levy for a service which was previously free is a revenue-raising scheme? What would you call it?
I will leave you with some verbatim quotes from RBC's website (http://tinyurl.com/boqfysk):
Why do you charge for garden waste collections?
We started charging for garden waste collections in April 2011 as we have significant budget pressures, like all other councils, and this was just one way in which we can raise some additional income. Many councils charge for garden waste collections and this scheme works out at about 50p per week/ £1 per collection.
If I don't want the garden waste collection service, can I put my garden waste in my grey bin? Would you fine me for doing this?
Yes you can, but we would discourage this – your grey bin would soon fill up and you wouldn't have room for your household waste. It's also better for the environment to compost this waste. We can't fine you for doing this though. For an alternative to having your green waste collected, you might want to try home composting instead.”