When are recycling facilities going to be provided for plastic food trays and plastic packaging?
” A Gary Taylor said: “The new black bin will only be used for recycling plastic bottles. We won’t at this stage have facilities for recycling plastic food trays, packages etc due to a current lack of suitable markets for those materials.” Q Colin Barlow, of Heyes Lane, Timperley, asked: “Will you be able to dispose of telephone directories, catalogues and envelopes in the blue bin? What about old cloth rags?” AGT: “Yes you will be able to recycle those materials in the blue bin but there will not be a collection for clothes.” Councillor Coupe: “Old clothes are often collected by the voluntary sector and we would not want to take materials away from these groups.” Q Margaret Hickling, of Elmsway, Hale Barns, asked: “Will there be kerbside collections for batteries and aluminium foil? A GT: “Aluminium foil can go in to the black bin but there will be no kerbside collections of batteries. In terms of batteries, there are 13 kerbside recycling trials currently being undertaken in the UK –
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