A BUMPER amount of festive recycling was collected in South Lakeland after the Christmas period.
South Lakeland District Council crews worked flat out to collect a bumper amount of recycling in the post-Christmas period.
In the first week of January, the total tonnage of paper, cardboard, glass, cans and plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays collected at the kerbside in our blue bags and boxes was up 6.7 per cent – a rise of 12 tonnes to 194 tonnes from 182 tonnes in the same week last year.
Councillor Dyan Jones Portfolio Holder for Climate Emergency and Localism, said:
“This is a staggering amount of recycling to be collected in one week and our residents must be congratulated for doing the right thing and recycling their paper, cardboard, glass and cans through our kerbside collections.
“It is great to see so much waste being recycled.
"An increase in the amount of rubbish we generate is inevitable over Christmas."
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