Two Eden villages, Shap and Threlkeld celebrated the arrival of plastics recycling, in the same week that Eden District Council announced a recycling rate of 33%, the highest in Cumbria.
The next highest recycling rate in Cumbria
is that of Carlisle, at 28%. Cllr Bryan Metz, Chairman of Eden
District Council's Environment Committee said 'Eden residents are
now recycling and composting one third of all their household waste.
This is a great achievement and is double what it was in the previous
year.' Nearly 160 tonnes of plastics were collected last year for
recycling in Eden, which added a couple of percentage points to
the recycling rate. The only other plastics recycling bank in Cumbria
outside of Eden is at a supermarket in Carlisle. 'It's hard to
say exactly what puts Eden ahead of the rest, but no doubt our
very successful plastics recycling scheme plays a part? added Cllr
Metz.
The brand new plastics banks at Shap and Threlkeld will provide more opportunities for Eden residents to recycle their plastic waste. By the end of 2005, there should be around 20 plastics recycling points around the District. The plastics bank at Shap can be found at the recycling centre in the village hall car park and the one at
Threlkeld, at the rear of the village hall as there is insufficient
space at the recycling centre on Jubilee Croft.
Mrs Jean Jackson, Chairman of Shap Parish Council said: 'We've been eagerly awaiting a plastics recycling bank in Shap and are pleased to have this facility. I am sure we will all make good use of it.'
Eden
District Council's plastics banks are serviced free of charge by
the not-for-profit group, Eden Community Recycling, which was responsible
for introducing plastics recycling in Cumbria.
Colin Nineham of Eden Community Recycling said 'the partnership we
have with the Council works well and means that more and more people
can have access to plastics recycling.'
Eden District Council is planning to install a further five plastics recycling banks during 2005 and is considering possible locations in areas that currently have no facilities for plastics recycling |
