Council stockpiles on pink sacks ready for Christmas recycling surge (From Echo)
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Council stockpiles on pink sacks ready for Christmas recycling surge
5:00pm Wednesday 14th November 2012 in Local News By Jacqueline McMillan
Plenty to go round - councillor Ray Howard with one of the precious pink sacks
PREPARATIONS are underway to help prevent a major shortage of pink recycling sacks in Castle Point for a third year running.
For the past two years campaigns by Castle Point Council encouraging families to recycle over Christmas were so successful the borough was left in short supply of the pink bags.
Rations were enforced to cope with the shortage, with families restricted to collecting only five individual sacks each, at a time when households produce more rubbish than at any other time of the year.
Now the authority is determined to try and prevent it happening for third consecutive time.
The council has revised its ordering schedule and is already stock piling supplies in preparation for the festive season.
A spokesman from the council said: “Learning from the experiences of last year, and the tremendous efforts made by our residents to recycle over the Christmas period we have improved our ordering procedures for plastic sacks.
“Stocks of pink sacks are available now for collection from libraries around the Borough, Runnymede Pool and the Council Offices in Thundersley. We would urge residents to pick up their sacks soon in readiness for the extra waste they will generate over the Christmas period.
“We’d like to thank residents for their efforts throughout the year and encourage them to recycle as much of their Christmas waste as possible, again this year.”
Record-breaking amounts of waste continue to be recycled in the borough, as enthusiastic residents help save more than 50 per cent of household waste from landfill.
In the first six months of this year alone, 4,800 tonnes of rubbish have been recycled.
Councillor Ray Howard, cabinet member responsible for waste, said: “We are stocking up and making sure we are ready. We must play our part and do out best not to get caught out like we did last year.
“It is so important people do their upmost to recycle and that we keep up our good recycling rates.It costs Essex County Council £19million every year in land fill taxes, and this price goes up every year.
“Residents have responded so well to our recycling schemes and we want to encourage that.”
A roll of pink sacks is sent to households once a year, with additional sacks usually available from leisure centres, libraries and council offices in Castle Point.
Comments(14)
Gay Ray
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5:18pm Wed 14 Nov 12
billericay boy wrote:Not unlike your spelling!
What a load of Rubish...
I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
Olivia2847
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5:20pm Wed 14 Nov 12
billericay boy
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5:20pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Gay Ray wrote:Wot..
billericay boy wrote:Not unlike your spelling!
What a load of Rubish...
I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
Olivia2847
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5:22pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Gay Ray wrote:Yeh rubish! They have that sort of clipped accent as to Hyancith Bucket in CP you know !
billericay boy wrote:Not unlike your spelling!
What a load of Rubish...
I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
Eric Whim
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5:37pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Gay Ray wrote:Santa comes but once a year
billericay boy wrote:Not unlike your spelling!
What a load of Rubish...
I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
a fact you may find shocking
but my oh my when he does
he almost fills yer stocking
Connie Lingers
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5:56pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Gay Ray wrote:Nice photo of you there Ray.
billericay boy wrote:Not unlike your spelling!
What a load of Rubish...
I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
pussycats
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6:28pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Olivia2847
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6:44pm Wed 14 Nov 12
pussycats wrote:Really - how crazy .......
How about the anomaly of Southend Council dielivering pink recycling bags to our door but the dustmen refusing to come into the road and collect them?
Olivia2847
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6:45pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Connie Lingers wrote:No silly - that's Fay Ray!
Gay Ray wrote:Nice photo of you there Ray.
billericay boy wrote:Not unlike your spelling!
What a load of Rubish...
I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
marshman
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8:33pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Gay Ray wrote:Ah Christmas.
billericay boy wrote: What a load of Rubish...Not unlike your spelling! I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
That time when a grey haired old man wearing odd clothes promises you things when you sit bouncing on his lap before emptying his sack all over the floor in front of you.
Or "Jim'll Fix It" as it was known in the 80's.
Audioman
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8:45pm Wed 14 Nov 12
DogsMessInLeigh
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8:45pm Wed 14 Nov 12
Ian P
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7:24am Thu 15 Nov 12
Olivia2847 wrote:Jealousy is such a dreadful trait.
Gay Ray wrote:Yeh rubish! They have that sort of clipped accent as to Hyancith Bucket in CP you know !billericay boy wrote: What a load of Rubish...Not unlike your spelling! I think they look rather fetching and may hang one at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Eve in the hope that Santa may have a little something in his sack for me.
billericay boy says...
5:05pm Wed 14 Nov 12