The climate needs you - Pendle folk urged to recycle more
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This year’s national Recycle Week coincides with the Great Big Green Week which shows how communities across the UK are taking action to tackle climate change.
And buildings across the country, including the clock tower in Nelson and Blackpool Tower, will be lit up in green.
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Hide AdCarole Taylor, Pendle Council’s Waste and Recycling Co-ordinator warned: “There is a huge environmental and financial cost if things which can be recycled are sent to landfill. One of the biggest problems we have is people putting plastic bags into their recycling bins!
“It’s vital that we all put the right things in the right bin so that non-acceptable items aren’t mixed up with things which can be recycled in our bins.
“When people get it wrong, sometimes whole wagonloads have to be rejected at Lancashire County Council’s recycling facilities,” she said.
Last year, a staggering 323 tonnes of paper and card from Pendle's blue bins had to be sent to landfill at a cost to council taxpayers of around £43,000.
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Hide AdPendle people are being urged to check their recycling and refuse calendar to make sure they recycle it right - or to visit Pendle Council’s website www.pendle.gov.uk/recycling
Carole added: “We’d like to thank everyone who is doing their bit to recycle as much as they can, including nearly 8,000 people who are on our garden waste scheme.
“Local gardeners are still signing up for our popular fortnightly collections and it’s not too late to join. Visit our website www.pendle.gov.uk/gardenwaste for details.”
Coun. Nadeem Ahmed, leader of Pendle Council added: “Schools and community groups can now apply to us for help for projects which help to tackle the climate emergency and this includes recycling initiatives.”
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Hide AdPendle Council has ear-marked £25,000 over the next 12 months to help groups think globally and act locally through new Climate Action grants.
“We welcome grant requests for projects to increase recycling or reduce single-use plastics - such as installing a water fountain at school to re-fill bottles."