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Recycling rockets (PR 1169)

Ealing has had a green start to the New Year with residents smashing all previous records for green box and food waste recycling. 

Official figuresshow that recycling tonnage soared in January with local people recycling 1,536 tonnes through green boxes and 438 tonnes of food waste – the highest ever in the Council’s history.  

And, the good news for gardeners is that green waste recycling is up by 163% on the previous January.

Since the Council introduced a £3.8 million investment package to improve refuse and recycling services in November, residents have ordered an additional 5,000 food waste bins and green boxes.

The improvements to services, including the introduction of plastic and cardboard recycling, mean that there is now very little that residents can’t recycle from home.

Councillor Will Brooks, Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Services, said: “I’d like to thank local people for their fantastic support and additional recycling efforts.

“The additional investment in services was intended to make it as easy as possible for people to recycle and we are very impressed that people are responding so quickly.  

“As a borough we’ve made significant progress in a short time and I know that if we can persuade even more people to recycle that we can be one of the greenest boroughs in London.”

Jon Sharkey, Contract Manager at ECT Recycling, said “As part of the introduction of a range of new services by Ealing Council, including a single collection day for all refuse and recycling, we now collect most plastics with the only exceptions of garden furniture, toys and electrical items.”

Residents are reminded that collections will be staggered throughout the day and are asked to leave their refuse and recycling at the front edge of their property by 7am.

People who require further information about services or want to order additional green boxes or food waste bins should contact www.ealing.gov.uk/recycling or call 020 8825 6000.


Notes to editors:
- Between 2005/06 and 2006/07 Ealing jumped six places in the table of London boroughs recycling rates from 19th in 2005/06 to 13th in 2006/07. 
- Improvements to refuse and recycling services have been made as part of the Council’s commitment to deliver cleaner streets.  The council’s other priorities are safer communities and value for money services.
- ECT Recycling - a leading social enterprise - has been engaged by the council to provide recycling, waste and streetcare services since 2005.