A pilot scheme is underway to increase recycling and tackle bin contamination across Gedling borough with the use of bin tags.
The pilot will take place in Mapperley, Lambley and Burton Joyce and has been launched by Gedling Borough Council in a bid to reduce the amount of recyclable materials going to the incinerator because of the wrong items being placed in the recycling bins.
According to data provided by Nottinghamshire County Council, who is the lead authority on recycling, some areas in the borough have up to 25% of their recycling contaminated and turned away from the recycling centre.
Mapperley, Lambley and Burton Joyce have been chosen for the pilot due to the level of contaminated recycling waste in these areas.
A tag will now be placed on bins which have been put out but contain items that cannot be recycled. The label has a QR code and web address that takes the person to form, which they can fill out, advising them to remove the contaminated items and then the bin will be emptied as quickly as possible, rather than them waiting for two weeks for their next collection.
If a refuse lorry carrying a full load of recycling to the recycling centre is found to have just 5% of contaminated items in the load when inspected, the entire load is rejected and taken to the nearby Eastcroft incinerator, reducing recycling rates and increasing the cost of waste disposal.
Portfolio holder for Environmental Services, Councillor Marje Paling, said: “The aim of this scheme is to educate residents on what they can and cannot put in their bins and not to penalise them for putting the wrong things in.
“We have to tackle the issue we have with contaminants such as plastic bags, nappies and pizza boxes, which are causing big problems.
“If you do receive a bin tag, all you need to do is fill out the form, read the instructions and take the wrong items out of your bin and we will come back as quickly as possible, rather than make you wait for two weeks. We believe that by doing this we can stop people putting the wrong things in the bin for good which will, ultimately, increase recycling rates across the borough, and that’s a council priority.”
Why bother as even Boris Johnson has admitted it ALL goes in the same place at the end of the day. ♂️ Just more time & money wasted.
What waste of time another job for a jobsworth whats next you can only use pink toilet paper get a life you load off wasters
Could we have a more exhaustive list of what’s going in bins that shouldn’t be?
On a separate point, are we getting the usual collection day calendar this year – not sure when glass recycling is now?
They will only send out the calander if you call and request it, apparently we are supposed to download it from the website now
GBC advised last Autumn that the cost was too high to print. Information was in the paper magazine they send out and on the Gedling Borough website
More trips by the dustbin lorry, more pollution, more potholes ,not a scooby do
What an absolute farcical scheme, people will not tip their bins over to fetch out incorrect recycling which means black/grey bins will become fuller as people recycle less as who will run the risk of getting a tag if they’re not sure, and then it will all just go in the none recycling bin
I eat mine.
It will make absolutely no difference at all, you can walk past bins on collection day & still see how many people mix waste together, they will never be able to police this problem, spend the money on the awful pothole problem & less on things like the AMP & new public toilets on King George playing fields.
I agree with you all no money will be saved it will cost more for this scheme let the recycling firms sort it there in business to make money and make plenty from our waste