Lib Dems welcome Tory U-turn on borough-wide plastics recycling
Guildford Borough Council's Executive is due to discuss extending kerbside collection of plastic for recycling across the borough at its next meeting on 22 June. Council officers propose adapting the 'Kerbsider' recycling vehicles with machinery to crush and compact plastic, so that plastic bottles can be put out in the green recycling boxes as well as glass and cans. The predicted start-up costs would be £218,000, with the whole borough covered by March 2007. The Conservative Lead Councillor for the Environment has said the scheme is likely to be approved.
19 Jun 2006
