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 Target: to recycle 40% of household waste by 2005  |
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Target: to recycle 40% of household waste by 2005 |
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Hampshire receives government funding to improve recycling Hampshire Councils have netted £5m of funding from the Government to further improve recycling across the county.The Government has allocated a total of £62.5m to finance two year programmes of work to improve recycling and composting and to reduce waste. Hampshire, through it's Project Integra partnership, was chosen partly because it already has a high recycling rate. "Many Councils aspire to reach the 25% rate we are recycling in Hampshire" said Councillor Roland Dibbs, Chairman of the Project Integra Management Board. "The Government will be helping those who are trying to catch us up, but it is also interested in looking at how the recycling rate can be increased to 40% and beyond. Hampshire is recognised as a leader and that's why they picked us for this major partnership project." The money will be used in a number of ways. Our primary aim is to improve both the capture and quality of material collected for recycling. By "Capture" we mean getting the maximum amount of recyclable material from each household. By Quality we mean making sure that it is clean and suitable for reprocessing. All of Hampshire's recyclate goes to make high quality products. The things Hampshire residents are recycling are regarded as a raw material not as rubbish. The higher the quality, the less waste is produced in sorting and manufacturing and the more economic it becomes, thus saving public money. Some of the funding will also be used to update and improve on existing research on trends in the rubbish generated in Hampshire. "This is vital", explained Councillor Roland Dibbs "To really make an impact we have to reduce the amount of rubbish we produce, but the trend is showing year on year increases. Many people blame the amount of packaging from supermarkets but the picture is far more complicated. There is evidence that a major growth factor in household rubbish in recent years is uneaten food which goes straight from the fridge to the bin. We need to know more about how the material in our bins is changing so we can plan how to deal with it, or better still eliminate it. In the long term we can't keep landfilling it". ENDS 15 December 2003 Further information: Contact: Steve Read |
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