Camden Council have been encouraging residents to reduce the scourge of the plastic bottles and get recycling:
Camden plastic bottle campaign
So if Camden can do it, Lymm can too!
Even better reuse them many times first!
Good news – Warrington-based company Novelis has added £250 per tonne to the price it pays for cans since the start of the month – this also brings the price back to the peak it reached in the summer of 2008, before markets for recyclables crashed. Read more here
Warrington Borough Council wants to close Woolston and Stockton Heath recycling centres as part of its plan to cut the budget deficit by £30 million over the next three years.
But the move has angered residents living by what would become the one remaining recycling centre at Gatewarth Tip off Old Liverpool Road. And for the rest of us it would mean much longer journeys to take our recycling – or fewer people even bothering to do so.
Read more from the Warrington Guardian story by clicking here
On the 1st of February 2010 everyone should get the opportunity to recycle domestic batteries at points close to home following the introduction of new legislation.
The new law which comes from the EU’s Batteries Directive means that any outlet (even online stores) selling more than 32kg of batteries each year will have to provide points where customers can deposit batteries for recycling free of charge. Recycling points will be branded with a distinctive yellow and black battery logo.
The aim of the new obligation is to pass the responsibility of collecting and recycling batteries on to manufacturers and retailers so that the quantity of batteries sent to landfill is significantly reduced.
All batteries that are collected will be sent for recycling but because of the lack of recycling plants in the UK most will be sent overseas for treatment in the short term.
A list of recycling points in Lymm will be published shortly.
Join Low Carbon Lymm for a fun, informative local event this Saturday, the 23rd, at Lymm Village Hall on Pepper Street. There’ll be stalls and information on everything from food to energy and waste to transport – activities for kids and cakes too! Come along anytime between 10am and 3pm. You can even try out the driving simulator and see how much money you could save on petrol by changing your driving habits!
Driving simulator - drive more efficiently and save money too
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