Recycling Round-up

Perhaps a tale of two halves. On the one hand, the Household Waste Recycling Act was passed in 2003 requiring local authorities to provide every household in England with their own collection of at least two types of recyclable material by 2010. That might seem like a long, long time for LAs and waste authorities to get their acts together but a Friends of the Earth survey, conducted in early 2004, found that less than 10% of LAs in the North West currently meet the minimum targets of the Act. (nationwide it's a higher figure of 26%). In Manchester, 39% of households have their paper, glass and cans collected but the other 61% have no collections at all! (See http://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/waste for more stats!) Manchester FoE are therefore taking to the streets on Saturday 5 June (World Environment Day) to ask residents to write a call for improved recycling. Each message will be put into a plastic bottle which will then be delivered to the council.
Report on Waste Day of Action

Colette, Manchester Friends of the Earth (0161 834 8221, recycle@manchesterfoe.org.uk)

Meanwhile, local recyclers Emerge have expanded into Trafford and are now carrying out weekly kerbside box collections in the Old Trafford and Gorse Hill areas. They have replaced the paper only service, and now take textiles, cans, foil, glass, and all grades of paper for recycling on a weekly basis. However, they need your help! They have launched a community recycling champion scheme in the area to actively engage local residents, to gain local input and ongoing feedback, in order to continually improve the service and increase awareness and participation. If you would like to volunteer with any spare time you have Emerge would be glad to have you on board - contact Hellal (0161 223 8200, Hellal@emergemanchester.co.uk)

Emerge have also recently secured funding to provide recycling facilities and promote the 3Rs (reduce, re-use and recycle) to Manchester schools. They are offering indoor, easily managed recycling containers, collections tailored to schools' requirements, advice, ideas, and support for delivering 3Rs education and workshops for pupils and teachers. The scheme is funded by the New Opportunities Fund CRED grant and delivered by Emerge for free to schools for 3 years thus assisting schools in achieving EcoSchools and Healthy Schools targets. For more information about the schools recycling programme contact, Sarah (0161 223 8200, Sarah@emergemanchester.co.uk)

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