Recycling scheme takes off in Tynedale
The expansion of a garden waste recycling scheme in Tynedale has been hailed as a success.
Since April, the scheme has been available to a further 8,000 homes and an additional 1,300 tonnes of garden waste has been collected.
The scheme, which was initially launched in Hexham, Prudhoe and Wylam, was expanded to all main towns and villages in the north and south of the Tyne Valley.
It is offered to those houses with gardens large enough to produce a reasonable amount of garden waste.
Coun David Smith, from Tynedale Council, said: "We are extremely pleased with the success of the garden waste recycling scheme and I would like to thank residents for embracing the initiative. The district is well on target to achieve its next recycling milestone of nearly 35% by March 2009."
The scheme allows residents to recycle garden waste using a brown wheeled bin to collect grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, leaves, flowers and plants, shrubs and small branches of less than 5cm diameter.
All these items must be put in the bin loose with the lid closed. Extra garden waste left beside the wheeled bin will not be collected.
The garden waste bins are collected on a monthly basis from November, returning to fortnightly collections in March 2009.
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