National Recycle Week
Pledge your support to ‘waste less’
Date of issue: Monday, 6 June 2011
To celebrate National Recycle Week (Monday, 20 June – Sunday, 26
June) Carlisle City Council and Resource Cumbria staff are joining
forces to encourage local residents to have a ‘green’ summer.
A special recycling event will be held in Carlisle’s city centre
pedestrianised area on Wednesday, 22 June, between 10am and 1pm.
The theme of this year’s event is ‘recycling at home and away’ and
residents will be encouraged to think about recycling in their
workplaces e.g. setting up a recycling scheme. They will also be
asked to pledge their support to ‘waste less’.
Free re-usable cotton bags will also be on offer, while stocks
last. Compost bins will also be on offer for just £8, not including
delivery.
Carlisle City Cllr Ray Bloxham, Portfolio holder for Local
Environment and Housing, said:
“The aim of our Recycle event is to encourage people to
recycle more using either their kerbside collections, at local
recycling centres, donate unwanted white goods to Impact Housing
Services or smaller electrical items can be recycled at a Household
Waste Recycling Centre - Carlisle or Brampton.
“Carlisle residents have a great track record and we
are one of the best performing recycling areas in the UK, but we
are always striving to increase the amount of waste we
recycle.”
Since the introduction of a new look waste collection scheme in
Carlisle in March 2007, Carlisle City Council has expanded the
range of materials that can be recycled. This includes plastic,
cardboard, glass, paper and garden waste. Paper; glass bottles and
jars; and tins and cans can all be recycled within a greenbox.
Carlisle is currently one of the best recycling cities in the
North West.