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| Currently, all rubbish collected by the dustmen is taken to a landfill site and buried - but space is fast running out. Because of this, recycling could well become a legal requirement for everybody, not just a few, and any recyclable items found in our refuse could incur a fine. In November 2002 Berecroft Community Association began a project to encourage residents to recycle. In order to gauge the response of this project we monitored six terraces on Berecroft for six weeks and counted the number of refuse sacks put out for collection. For these six weeks the total was a staggering 1,480 bags! This equates to 38,500 sacks for the whole estate per year. We also found that despite Harlow District Council encouraging newspaper collections, we only counted 38 bags in the whole six week monitoring period. | |||
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speaking to as many of the residents in the six terraces as possible,
those who were out were left leaflets about recycling. The
response was very positive - some were surprised to find that they were
already recycling without realizing it! Following this we
monitored these terraces for a second time, the hope was that following
the information we gave on how easy it is to recycle there would be a
reduction in the amount of waste these terraces put out each week for
collection.
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What's in your bin? 30% kitchen and garden waste
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| Most things can be recycled, at various recycling points around the town. |
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