We now provide a facility for recycling
plastic bottles only, at Tesco and B&Q in Workington, the
Co-op in Maryport, Queen Street in Aspatria and Water Street Car
Park in Wigton and The Green in Silloth, Broughton Cross,
Otley Road in Keswick and Sullart Street Car Park in
Cockermouth. We hope to be able to extend this service to
other main recycling centres in the Borough.
In line with government legislation, we are
aiming to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste that is disposed
of at landfill sites (basically an engineered hole in the
ground). Waste that does not biodegrade (rot down) such as
cans, glass and plastic sit in the landfill forever. Waste
that is biodegradable (rots down) such as garden waste, food waste,
paper and cardboard produces a bi-product called Methane Gas which
is a greenhouse gas and contributes to climate change.
We still need YOUR help to achieve future
targets! Allerdale Council's intention is to: encourage
householders to think more about their waste reduce the amount of
waste encourage more people to participate in recycling schemes
that are available at present, and schemes.
As well as newspapers and magazines, cardboard
can now also be included in your paper/card recycling bin.
This includes clean pizza boxes, washing powder boxes, cardboard
packaging, catalogues and cereal boxes and egg boxes.
We believe that people want the council to
work hard for both a clean and healthy environment. One of the key
ways in which we propose to achieve this is by working with local
communities, including local businesses and other organisations, to
ensure that waste is dealt with in an environmentally friendly way.
This means more recycling, and reducing the waste sent to landfill
sites.