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01/06/2004
Belfast to meet EU waste target says council
Belfast will meet EU recycling targets for 2005, the city council said today.
Belfast City Council launched its second annual Waste Week through its ‘Reduce Reuse and Recycle’ scheme which aims to target the amount waste dumped in landfill sites.
Martin Doherty, Waste Manager with Belfast City Council, said: “The European Commission has set us the target of recycling 25 per cent of our household waste products by the year 2005.
“The Council is determined to meet this target, and already has taken huge strides forward in the past year. Our ‘blue bin’ scheme is being rolled out across the City, and we recently opened three new state-of-the-art household recycling centres, with a fourth to be developed."
The Council is employing the latest computer technology to monitor the ‘blue bin’ scheme and the recycling rates for all parts of the city, to see who is playing their part and who is not.
The technology – the only system of its type in the British Isles and among the most sophisticated currently in use anywhere in Europe – even allows the Council to analyze the recycling rates of individual streets.
Waste Week begins today on the first anniversary of the introduction of the Council’s ‘blue bin’ scheme.
(MB)
Belfast City Council launched its second annual Waste Week through its ‘Reduce Reuse and Recycle’ scheme which aims to target the amount waste dumped in landfill sites.
Martin Doherty, Waste Manager with Belfast City Council, said: “The European Commission has set us the target of recycling 25 per cent of our household waste products by the year 2005.
“The Council is determined to meet this target, and already has taken huge strides forward in the past year. Our ‘blue bin’ scheme is being rolled out across the City, and we recently opened three new state-of-the-art household recycling centres, with a fourth to be developed."
The Council is employing the latest computer technology to monitor the ‘blue bin’ scheme and the recycling rates for all parts of the city, to see who is playing their part and who is not.
The technology – the only system of its type in the British Isles and among the most sophisticated currently in use anywhere in Europe – even allows the Council to analyze the recycling rates of individual streets.
Waste Week begins today on the first anniversary of the introduction of the Council’s ‘blue bin’ scheme.
(MB)
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The next phase of Belfast City Council’s paper recycling scheme is currently being rolled out in the west of the city. Some 5,000 residents of the Turf Lodge and Suffolk areas, as well as sections of the Glen Road and Upper Springfield Road, will soon receive a blue wheelie bin for paper recycling.
Council adds 5,000 homes to paper recycling scheme
The next phase of Belfast City Council’s paper recycling scheme is currently being rolled out in the west of the city. Some 5,000 residents of the Turf Lodge and Suffolk areas, as well as sections of the Glen Road and Upper Springfield Road, will soon receive a blue wheelie bin for paper recycling.
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Recycling rate increases by 75% in 12 months
Belfast City Council has hailed figures that show a 75% increase in recycling as an "early Christmas present for the environment". The Council reported that recycling rates have increased dramatically over the past year. The amount of waste diverted away from landfill for recycling has increased by almost 75% over the past 12 months.
Recycling rate increases by 75% in 12 months
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Waste Recycling Rise Welcomed
Waste management and handling is in focus this week with the latest edition of the Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management Statistics being published - recording a rise in recycling.
Waste Recycling Rise Welcomed
Waste management and handling is in focus this week with the latest edition of the Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management Statistics being published - recording a rise in recycling.
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