Bins mean we can all be green when we’re out (From Worcester News)

Bins mean we can all be green when we’re out

1:10pm Saturday 12th December 2009

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NEW dual recycling and litter bins have been installed in Worcester – and they could be coming to the city centre.

Big green and black bins costing about £1,000 each have been installed on foot and cycle routes near Croft Road car park, off Castle Street, and at the foot of Sabrina Bridge in Hylton Road.

The bins – which contain household-sized wheelie bins – are the result of a joint initiative between Worcester City Council and the University of Worcester.

Located on the route between the university’s main campus and city centre campus, they are aimed at encouraging students and residents to recycle more.

Malcolm Cox, head of operations at Worcester City Council, said: “These bins have a greater capacity and nobody has to think any differently about what to put in them because they are the same as the ones they use at home.”

If successful, council chiefs have promised to look at installing additional bins in a variety of city centre locations such as Lowesmoor, Angel Place and Foregate Street, in a bid to reduce the amount of litter produced by shoppers and revellers.

More bins would also help the city meet new legislation, due the end of next year, which says all residents should have access to a recycling facility – something that Worcester currently struggles with within the city centre.

Mr Cox said although the new bins had only just been installed and were yet to get advisory stickers telling people what they could put in them, he was impressed with the way they were being used.

Councillor Roger Knight, deputy leader of the city council and portfolio holder for cleaner and greener, said he hoped the bins would help Worcester push on with its good recycling record.

“If the council can get the funding to do it, we will look at replacing some of the bins in the city centre and then put those ones down by the riverside,” he said.

Mr Cox said that more bigger bins would mean his team could spend less time emptying them and more time on other jobs.

Students at the University of Worcester recently took part in a project to design posters for the new bins.

Katy Boom, head of sustainability and development, said: “The university is continuing to educate both its students and staff in recycling and the city council has kindly allowed us to place poster points on the new bins to help with raising awareness.”

The university recently became the first in the country to achieve Gold EcoCampus status across all its sites and was also awarded a Gold Green Apple Award in recognition of the success of its recycling scheme for students.

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