Worcestershire Green
Party Press
Release 9th June
2007
Green Party calls
for Tetra Pak recycling in Worcestershire
Call for move
towards Zero Waste strategy in Recycle Now Week
Worcestershire Green Party is urging
Worcestershire County Council to introduce recycling for Tetra Pak
cartons, as part of a wider move towards a "zero waste" strategy
for the County.
Spokesman Chris Lennard has written to Ian Holebrook,
Waste Manager at the Council, pointing out that 31.5% of local authorities
in the UK now recycle Tetra Paks, and asking the County to follow suit.
Said Mr Lennard: "Tetra Pak cartons are
now widely used as a drink packaging, and are forming a larger proportion
of non-recycled material going into landfill.
"Many European countries now achieve
very high recycling rates for these cartons, and here in the UK 31.5% of
local authorities now have some form of Tetra Pak recycling scheme.
Recycle Now Week seems a good time for the County Council to be thinking
of introducing it here, so I have written to Mr.Holebrook asking if they
are considering it.
"Worcestershire Green Party's policy is
that we should reduce consumption and re-use where possible, but recycling
plays an important part. Introducing Tera Pak recycling would be
an important step towards a "zero waste" strategy for the
County."
Recycle Now Week 2007: for more
information visit http://www.recyclenow.com/news/your_news/recycle_now_week.html
Tetra
Pak recycling: for map showing local authorities that recycle, visit http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk/04.htm#map
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