Recycling – the Power is in Your Hands
West Devon Borough Council is proud to be supporting Recycling Week. This year the annual recycle campaign is putting the power in your hands. Each year the council supports the National Recycling Campaign, promoted by WRAP – The Waste and Resources Action Programme.
Only this year their timing could not be more perfect, because West Devon Borough Council and its partner FCC Environment are about to launch their new and enhanced recycling service, which will let residents recycle a lot more materials from their home.
Cllr Caroline Mott, West Devon Borough Council’s Lead Member for Environment, said: “One of the slogans for this year’s Recycle week is “Take recycling into your own hands” and we are indeed putting the power into our resident’s hands this year by enabling them to recycle more materials at the kerbside than ever before. WRAP are using this annual campaign to tell people that if we all do something by recycling more, collectively we are all doing something really big for our environment.
“Later this week we will be making announcements about our new scheme, and launching our own campaign to raise awareness. Although the new scheme will not start until December, residents need to know about it now, so that they look out for information which is being posted to them.”
All residents will receive a new white bag, two new stickers for their recycling boxes and a leaflet explaining which material goes in which container. The sticker and leaflets will be sent in the post at the end of October. The new white bags will be sent out separately.
Recycle Week reaches millions of residents every year across Social Media and through PR. About this year’s Campaign WRAP said: “Last year the nation woke up to issues affecting our Environment, this year we want the nation to take matters into their own hands.” Earlier this year, West Devon Borough Council, joined many other councils across the country in declaring a Climate Change and Biodiversity emergency.
The Council knows how important the environment and recycling is to its residents and they want to do everything in their power to enable their residents to do their bit, no matter how small it may seem on a global scale.
Over the next few months West Devon Borough Council will be raising awareness of their new recycling service and encouraging residents to join them in their fight against waste – find out more about how you can get involved in Recycle week HERE This come and speak to Officers from West Devon Borough at the following events: