| Glass recycling trial
Plans to trial glass recycling in Northumberland are being considered by the county council in a bid to improve recycling rates and help combat climate change.
The scheme will be trialled initially in four areas, with around 4,000 households receiving an additional small wheeled bin for glass bottles and jars. The trial will begin in November in Bedlington Central, Alnwick and Lesbury, Hexham East and Morpeth Stobhill, with the bins emptied every four weeks during the 12-month trial.
It is part of the council’s ongoing monitoring and review of its waste management services, with a number of improvements being considered for the future, including the option to add separate collections like this for glass and food waste, and to expand the materials residents can place in their recycling bin with the overall aim of achieving a recycling rate of above 50% and helping to combat climate change.
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