 Liberal Democrats on Kingston Council have welcomed government plans to encourage local authorities to introduce street recycling.
The government plans follow on from the introduction of street recycling in Kingston two years ago, which has seen a marked increase in the amount of waste recycled.
The Liberal Democrat run Council introduced recycling bins alongside normal rubbish bins in the autumn of 2005, installing over 100 of the bins in popular areas such as shopping parades, bus stops, train stations and outside schools.
The distinctive dark green bins- accepting newspapers, magazines, cans, and plastic bottles- have proved a great success collecting over a tonne a week of materials.
Ahead of the game
Liz Shard, the Executive Member for the Environment, said:
"Kingston has a reputation for being ahead of the game on recycling. Our street recycling programme is just one of the innovations we have introduced over the last few years and it is good that the government have taken notice.
I hope that the example we have set will encourage other boroughs to be more creative in their approach to recycling.
It is important that we think of recycling not just as something we do in the home.
We all spend a lot of time on the move- reading newspapers and drinking from plastic bottles or cans- and we can't afford to see that waste simply tossed in with the general rubbish.
Two years on from the introduction of street recycling in Kingston it seems the government are finally ready to follow our example."
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