Date: 07/08/2007
Members of High Peak Borough Council were joined by Rachel Chadwick of Abitibi Consolidated Recycling Europe, to present a cheque for £3,000 to representatives of Save the Children in Buxton last Saturday.
The money was raised through the Borough's kerbside recycling collection. For every tonne of waste recycled by residents through the green box scheme, the recycling contractors Abitibi contributed £1 to Save the Children.
The £3,000 donation was presented to Eileen Bagshaw and Pat Makin from Save the Children at the Buxton launch of Binnovation - the multi-material recycling and refuse collections service, which will operate in the Buxton area from September.
The extension of Binnovation, which has been successfully operating in Glossopdale for a year, and more recently in the Central area, will significantly increase the Borough's recycling rate. The Binnovation system consists of:
· new cardboard and garden waste collections in wheeled bins with green lids;
· glass bottles and jars and metal cans (steel and aluminium) collected in green boxes;
· newspapers and magazines collected in blue bags;
· clothing and textiles collected in red and white bags;
· rubbish collected in black wheeled bins; and
· more plastic banks around the Borough to dispose of plastic bottles.
Collections will continue each week: in week one, the green-lidded bin will be collected and in week two the black bin (for rubbish) will be collected. Fortnightly collections of the green kerbside box for glass and tins and the bags for paper and textiles will carry on as before.
Councillor Tony Kemp, Member for Corbar Ward, said: "The Council is delighted to join Abitibi in presenting this cheque to Save the Children. Thanks to all our residents for using the green box scheme and making this impressive donation possible.
Councillor Kemp added: "Bringing Binnovation to Buxton is going to increase the Borough's recycling rate considerably. High Peak is set to not only meet its recycling targets, but exceed them."