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Kerbside glass recycling collection views wanted

Posted onPosted on 16th Nov

Mansfield District Council is seeking the views of residents about a possible scheme to introduce a monthly kerbside glass recycling collection in the district from 2019.

The authority is looking at providing the service to tackle the problem of residents putting glass in their blue recycling bins.

This contaminates the waste and puts the council at risk of the waste being rejected by the Veolia recycling plant and going to landfill, incurring costs of £100 a ton.

Cllr Andrew Tristram, Portfolio Holder for the Environment and Wellbeing, said: “We need to increase our recycling rates in Mansfield, bring contamination down to an acceptable level and make recycling easy for our residents.

“We feel that being able to separate out glass for a kerbside collection would be convenient and simple to use. But before we go ahead with this, we need to gauge local opinion about the scheme to find out if it would be worthwhile to go ahead with it.”

The plan is to give all residents a free heavy-duty bag to collect clean bottles and jars. It would be emptied monthly.

For those with larger volumes, or who would like the convenience of an additional bin for glass products, a 140-litre wheelie bin could be obtained from the council for around £20 to £25.

Before the council goes ahead with the scheme, it wants to hear whether or not residents would use the service, what the benefits would be to them and whether or not it would encourage them to recycle more waste.

This consultation will run until Friday, 15 December. Residents can respond using an online survey. Paper forms will be available from the Civic Centre, Mansfield Museum, Forest Town Library and Warsop Town Hall from Friday 17 November. People can also email [email protected] to receive the paper form by email.

Find out more at www.mansfield.gov.uk/glassrecycling