Lib Dem recycling service gets results

12.57.54pm GMT Sat 24th Nov 2007

Lib Dem Councillor Roger West using the successful Big Bin Little Bin service

Government published figures show that the recycling service introduced last year by the Lib Dems has made Bournemouth one of the most improved Councils in England.

The big bin/little bin service plus the town's first garden waste kerbside collection was introduced in September 2006: the figures are for May 2006 to April 2007. Even better figures are expected when after April 2007 when the service has been running for a whole year.

Bournemouth has

• The fourth most improved recycling and composting rate in England: up 16.3 per cent on the previous year.

• An overall recycling/composting rate of 36.3 per cent for 2006/7.

• The second highest reduction in refuse by a unitary authority: a 19 per cent reduction in refuse ('little bin') collected.

Residents in Bournemouth have made the comprehensive new service a success: as well as being less wasteful, the improved recycling means that the Council will have to pay less out on landfilling rubbish.