Sheffield's reduced rubbish collections result in increased recycling
Monday, September 3, 2012 - 13:39:28
The amount of waste that residents of the city of Sheffield are recycling has increased by an average of 22 per cent, according to a report from The Star.
This is potentially because of the fact that the council decided to reduce the number of rubbish collections being made, with general waste now collected once a fortnight, with a recycling collection occurring in between.
This increase in recycling of almost a fifth has not been without its teething troubles, because shortly after the changes had been instigated, up to 1000 people a day were calling the council to complain or ask for information.
This has tailed off, but many were critical of the alterations or were simply looking to receive more news about the changed collection schedules.
People can now recycle cardboard and paper in blue bins while using boxes to put out their glass, plastic and cans.
This type of scheme has already made an impact in other areas of the UK and it is clear that it has the potential to cause people to think more carefully, about what waste they throw away and what they put into the recycling.
While recycling is clearly a tough topic for some people, it seems that the best way to make sure that it increases, is to simply make it more convenient and easier than other options of waste disposal.
In Sheffield, the new collection arrangements have the support of the council and it seems inevitable that once the routine is ingrained in the minds of residents, it will be more broadly accepted, or simply become an unnoticed fact of life in the city. Hopefully, the recycling of electronic waste, like mobile phones and old home technology, will also be made easier in the future.
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