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Roar-away success for Kerbside 19 December 2008 Kerbside recycling, introduced in Douglas, Onchan and Braddan in November has been a roar-away success. Stephanie Gray, DLGE Recycling Manager, said, ‘Householders taking part in the kerbside scheme with such enthusiasm - a huge thank you to all of them. Although we won’t have detailed figures on how much material has been collected until the New Year, it’s clear from the first few weeks that the weights of collected materials are high - and, importantly, the level of contamination (that’s wrong things put in boxes, such as yoghurt pots) is low. Thanks also to the collection crews for doing such a great job. ‘I would however like to remind householders to remove the tops from plastic bottles and squash them if possible (this will save more space in the recycling vehicles). I’d also like to emphasise the importance of putting the covers on the boxes securely – mindful of our current wintry, wet and windy weather.’ The feedback from workers on all three recycling vehicles has also suggested the scheme is very well supported by local people. Kerbside Recycling Vehicle driver, Ian Boothman, said, ‘I’ve been impressed by the response. In some areas it’s incredible: looks like 100%. And although we’ve had some wet and windy days the recycling boxes have worked. Overall the response has been really positive. Some people have even said thank you because they’ve wanted kerbside recycling for so long.’ Dudley Butt, DLGE Member with responsibility for Waste, has welcomed the Scheme’s success. He said, ‘We were certain that people wanted kerbside recycling in theory – and so it’s very heartening that the evidence at street level has borne this out in practice. The popularity of the scheme is a great Christmas present for all those staff who’ve put so much time and dedication into making the Scheme work.’ Kerbside recycling collections will of course continue throughout the festive season – although there will be no collection on bank holidays. If your Kerbside Collection calendar indicates ‘no collection’ on one of the bank holidays over Christmas and New Year then please continue to recycle by using one of the Bring Banks. The Kerbside Collection Scheme is designed to be effective all year round, but if you produce more bottles, cans, magazines, and papers than usual during the holidays – please don’t overload the boxes – instead you can use one of the Bring Bank facilities for larger quantities of glass, cans and so on. Bring Banks are located at the major retail stores, at the Grandstand, commissioners offices, and civic amenity sites. (Although there are no other facilities for recycling plastic bottles at the moment.) Unfortunately there are certain Christmassy items that you cannot recycle through the box scheme. We can’t take Christmas cards or gift-wrapping. Instead Christmas cards can be recycled to benefit the Woodland Trust via M&S, Tesco, WH Smith or TK Maxx stores in Douglas. Christmas and other gift-wrapping paper can’t be recycled – but it can be reused. More stories >>>
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