NEWS STORY: JUNE 2009

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Better recycling

From left: Councillor Nigel Murphy, Jim Burke and Claire Tyrrel

From 6 July, Northwards residents will be able to recycle plastic and cardboard along with their other home recycling.

Transforming old to new

Once collected, the plastic will be turned into all kinds of new products, including fleeces and window frames. Cardboard will be transformed into more packaging, such as egg boxes, which can also be recycled again.

The recycling response

This new collection is the latest change following last year’s consultation with 25,000 Mancunians, in which over 90% said they wanted to recycle more materials. Councillor Nigel Murphy, Manchester City Council's Assistant Executive Member for the Environment, said: ‘The consultation showed residents trusted us to listen to their views and act on them, and that’s exactly what we’re doing here.’ 

A recycling capital

This new service is just one of the improvements planned for this year, which will help the city to become one of the UK’s recycling capitals. Councillor Murphy said ‘This is the latest new service we’re introducing to make recycling easier for residents across the city, but it’s by no means the end. We’re still listening to residents’ views and more improvements will be made later in the year – watch this space.’

Better for you

Higher Blackley resident Jim Burke, who is due to receive the new service, said: ‘I think it’s great that we're getting this. I've been wanting to recycle more for a while and this is going to make that much easier, as well as meaning I'll put a lot less in my main household bin.’ Claire Tyrrell, our Head of Neighbourhood Services for Wilton, said: ‘We're looking forward to working with Manchester City Council who are introducing a scheme that will be genuinely useful to our residents across north and east Manchester.’

 

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