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Allerdale Borough Council, in partnership with
Focsa Services, is responsible for the collection and recycling of
household waste from across the Borough.
Allerdale Borough Council, like all other
English Authorities were set recycling targets by the
Government through the Waste Strategy 2000.
Allerdale Borough Council's recycling rate for
2008/2009 stands at an impressive 45.9%. This is a great
achievement made possible by the residents of Allerdale.
This has shown a commitment by Allerdale
residents to manage the waste we produce in a more sustainable way
and reduce our dependency on landfill. Currently the ‘three-bin’
recycling collection service is offered to around 37,000 of
Allerdale’s 44,000 properties, some of these properties in the most
rural parts of the borough.
Unfortunately due to the larger size of the
vehicles required to make this type of recycling collection it may
not be possible to reach every single property in the borough with
a kerbside recycling collection, although we will endeavour to
extend our kerbside recycling schemes wherever possible. To get
around this we are continuing to expand our provision of communal
recycling facilities to the most rural areas of the borough.
Currently there are almost 300 community
recycling bring sites of various
sizes throughout the Borough where residents can take items to
be recycled.
The kerbside recycling scheme, ‘the purple bag scheme’ currently offers kerbside
collections of glass, metal cans and plastic bottles to around
23,805 properties. The aim is to extend the scheme to as many
properties as possible.
This roll out will also allow us to make
better use of the communal recycling facilities from areas that now
have the advantage of kerbside recycling collections. Communal
recycling facilities will be relocated to areas that up until now
we have been unable to reach with communal recycling
facilities.
For more information on what materials we
collect and how it is recycled please see our how is waste recycled page.