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- Household Refuse Collection
- Recycling Centre
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- Report Missed Collections On-line
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- Why Recycle?
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Gloucestershire Launches Real Nappy Voucher Scheme
From the 1 December 2007, Gloucestershire Parents will be offered a one off payment of £30 per application towards the cost of purchasing real nappies.
To get your cash back, please download the real nappy voucher application form from
the recycle for Gloucestershire website
If you have any questions. Please contact the Real Nappy Project Helpline on
0845 634 2559 or Email: realnappies@resourcefutures.co.uk
Recycle Your Cartons
Each year some 55,000 tonnes of paper-based cartons are produced in the UK for food and drink. We have set up collection points at existing recycling sites where residents can take cartons to be recycled. You can find them at:
- Cam - Tesco Car park
- Nailsworth - Old Market
- Stonehouse - High Street Car Park
- Stroud - London Road Car Park
- Stroud - Tesco Car Park
The Stanleys Waste & Recycling Scheme
An exciting waste food recycling trial began in Kings Stanley and Leonard Stanley in October 2007. This trial is unique to Gloucestershire and has only happened in just a few other places across the country. Food waste makes up, on average, 26% of rubbish - the biggest single
element in the bin. In monetary terms, every household throws away £400- worth of food a year! Food waste recycling means less rubbish going to landfill; just as well considering that Gloucestershire only has enough landfill space for 10 more years. Councils face huge penalties for not reducing the amount they send to landfill - a cost which would be borne by the council
taxpayer.
There is also a huge environmental benefit. Rotting food in landfill produces methane - one of the most harmful greenhouse gases - and toxic liquid runoff. The Stanleys scheme involves doubling recycling collections andreducing waste going to landfill. Food waste is collected weekly - avoiding the problems of smell which have attracted
criticism elsewhere.
- All recycling collections are weekly, instead of fortnightly
- Every household has been issued with a small kitchen caddy, complete with biodegradable liners for food waste, and a larger outside bin. The contents are taken for composting in a high temperature unit which can cope with meat and bones as well as vegetable waste
- Remaining non-recyclable landfill rubbish is collected every two weeks
Early indications are that the trial is a huge success, with a recycling rate of over 56% - compared to an average 23.5% in the rest of the district.
View Recycle for Gloucestershire for more information
