Schools join the big bin brigade (From This is The West Country)

Schools join the big bin brigade

11:00am Sunday 13th December 2009

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FREE recycling is being introduced to all primary schools in Mid Devon.

The schools are provided with a fortnightly black box recycling collection, at no charge, from this month.

Schools will be added to the existing household recycling scheme and will be able to recycle the same materials as households. Schools can also be provided with a brown, wheeled bin for food waste if required.

A council spokesperson said: “It is hoped that by encouraging the recycling habit among young people at school they will take this knowledge home and the habit will be taken onto adult life.

“Schools have previously had to pay for the collection of their recycling as well as their general waste.

“It is hoped that free recycling can be introduced to local high schools in the future but this is more complicated to implement due to the volume of waste produced.”

Cllr Ray Radford, Portfolio Holder for Street Scene said: “It’s great that we have been able to absorb the cost of collecting recycling for schools into the recycling budget.

“We received letters from school children asking the council to provide this service and it’s excellent that they are aware enough of environmental issues to want to recycle”.

The cost of providing recycling boxes to the schools will be met by Aylesford Newsprint.

The company, based in Kent, operates the paper mill that recycles waste paper collected by councils throughout Devon.

Paper from schools will be sent to Aylesford to be recycled to make fresh newsprint for national and local newspapers.

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