Consumables
MINISTER SUPPORTS ZERO WASTE DRIVE
Tuesday 08. March 2011 - The Zero Waste Campaign being run by the Cwm Harry Land Trust in Presteigne, Wales, aims to divert a much higher amount of household waste from landfill.
Using a milk round style collection, this intense recycling solution, known as “Slow Recycling”, not only diverts more waste to reuse and recycling but also generates a much higher quality material. The newspaper and magazines collected by the Cwm Harry Land Trust team is excellent in quality and is being delivered to Aylesford Newsprint who have supported this innovative scheme from the outset.
Slow recycling is an intense version of a regular kerbside sort, involving a milkman style recycler working with just 250 properties a day. The process is more thorough than traditional methods and produces excellent recyclate quality with above average recycling rates. More time is available to work with less confident households to maximize their recycling using this method.
Jane Davidson, the Welsh Assemblys Environment Minister, is pictured inspecting the first load of paper collected through the scheme on her visit to the Cwm Harry Trust’s project in Presteigne. Pictured left to right are: Mal Williams, Chief Executive Officer of CYLCH, Colin Kirkby of Presteigne and Norton Town Council, Jane Davidson, Environment Minister for Wales, Dave Moore, Aylesford Newsprint, Adam Kennerly, Chief Executive Officer of CWM Harry Land Trust and Cllr Ken Harris, Portfolio Holder for Waste and Regeneration at Powys County Council.