Over six thousand Portsmouth households have now pledged
to bin their bad habits and be more environmentally friendly thanks to the
Portsmouth BIG Recycle scheme.
The campaign was launched at the end of September 2013 by
Portsmouth City Council to help improve recycling rates in the city. Even
though lots of residents participate in recycling, Portsmouth currently only
recycles 23% of its household waste - one of the lowest rates in the country -
so we could all do a bit better.
If we can boost our recycling to at least 30% we could
generate around £150,000 more a year, which helps protect other council
services.
Since the launch, over 6,000 households have signed up to
the scheme, funded by over £500,000 allocated by the Department for Communities and Local Government to reward residents for doing their bit.
Every month, each household that has signed up to the
scheme is entered in to a prize draw, 81 households are then randomly selected,
and if they are found to be recycling in the right ways, they'll be rewarded,
with the top reward being £250 cash.
So far only 10 households have missed out on prizes (with
a combined total of £350) as they were putting the wrong things in the recycling bin such as the wrong types of
plastic, metal foils, food waste, general rubbish and even clothing. If you're
stuck with where to get rid of old clothes they can be recycled at bring banks,
which can be found on the roadside of many main roads in the city.
Register for free by visiting bigrecycle.portsmouth.gov.uk or calling 023 9243 7843
For more information on recycling in Portsmouth go to the Portsmouth City Council web page www.portsmouth.gov.uk/waste/15862.html
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