At the Cabinet meeting on 9 March, Members agreed to launch a new approach to how financial incentives for recycling are paid to districts and boroughs. This will provide them with further incentives to increase recycling rates and ultimately mean less of our waste goes to landfill.
All five district and borough councils have already or will soon be seeking approval from their own respective cabinets to sign up to the new arrangements and it is hoped that all five will be in a position to start the new scheme by 1 April 2010.
The County Council Cabinet heard the new approach is affordable within existing resources and will allow an increase in kerbside recycling up to 50% in the future.
Council Leader Peter Jones said: "This is yet another great example of partnership working that will help all local authorities in East Sussex to manage household waste more sustainably and efficiently.
"We need to see our household waste as a resource. This is another step to reducing our reliance on landfill and will save the council tax payer money.
"The important message for our residents is to keep recycling. We all need to play our part to reduce, reuse and recycle, and best of all it doesn't take a lot of effort. There are loads of ways we can do that, whether it's by composting our food waste, reusing plastic carrier bags or making smarter choices about what we buy when we go shopping."
For more information about how waste is dealt with see our Rubbish and recycling section.
Reference:
PR 2741
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