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Recycling service in Tewkesbury extended
Residents in the Tewkesbury borough are now able to recycle extra plastics and Tetra-Pak style cartons. The Borough Council has listened to the views of its residents and added to the list of materials which can be recycled in the blue recycling bins.
Households can now put items such as plastic pots and trays, cartons and paperback books in to the collection bins.
Tewkesbury Borough Council's Lead Member for Clean and Green Environment Cllr Jim Mason said "Our new recycling and waste service has had a very strong start – and expanding the service means that this can only get better.”
Yoghurt pots, fruit punnets, food tubs, ice cream tubs, trays, Tetra-Pak style food and drinks cartons, paperback books, metal sweet and biscuit tins, greetings cards and wrapping paper can now be recycled using the blue bin.
The council is asking residents to make sure the food packaging recycling is rinsed clean to avoid any food or drink residue spoiling the other recycling.
Since the new recycling scheme started in April – including the weekly collection of food waste, residents have achieved a recycling rate of 59 per cent, which is a dramatic improvement from the borough's previous highest rate at 33 per cent.