Redditch residents asked to 'keep up the good work' as
the 5,000th tonne of waste is diverted from landfill
sites this year thanks to EnviroSort
People in Redditch have been
congratulated for their recycling efforts after the
5,000th tonne of waste – equivalent to the weight of
around twenty-five 747 jumbo jets – was collected for delivery to
the Worcestershire County Council's EnviroSort facility.
Residents have risen to the challenge and
taken advantage of this year's changes to their kerbside collection
systems, managed by Redditch Borough Council, and are now being
asked to keep up the good work.
Recyclables
placed in household green bins since January have been transported
to Worcestershire's state-of-the-art facility, EnviroSort, where
the sophisticated technology employed allows materials to be sorted
better than ever before.
The impressive site, which is operated by
Severn Waste Services for Worcestershire County Council, covers 5.8
acres, has more than a mile of conveyer belts, 145 electric motors
and 12 miles of cable. Once sorted the materials are then
transferred to various outlets in Britain and across Europe where
they are reprocessed and used again.
The 5,000th tonne of kerbside
recycling was delivered from Redditch to the facility, in Norton,
near Worcester, last week.
Cllr Brandon Clayton, Redditch Borough
Council's Portfolio Holder for Local Environment, said:
"I'd like to say a big thank-you to everyone who has taken
advantage of the new kerbside collection scheme to recycle this
impressive amount. The people of Redditch should be congratulated
for their efforts and, most importantly, I'd like to ask residents
to keep up the good work.
Residents are being reminded they can place a
host of materials into their green bin collections
including:
· Food tins and
drink cans;
· Mixed glass
bottles and jars;
· Plastic bottles
and containers;
· Paper
· Cartons and;
· Cardboard.
Cllr Anthony Blagg, Worcestershire
County Council's Cabinet Member for Waste and Sustainability, who
was recently named as one of the region's Top 50 Green Leaders by
Sustainability West Midlands, said: "We can all play a
part when it comes to reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill
sites and it's great to see that happening in Redditch. EnviroSort
has helped make things easier than ever before when it comes to
recycling household waste and these impressive figures back that
up."
To find out more EnviroSort visit http://www.envirosort.co.uk/,
which includes a video explaining what goes on inside
EnviroSort.