Recycling Team Takes To The Streets

A new team will be out and about across Dover District making sure residents know all there is to know about their new recycling and waste collections.
 
Rebecca Green, David Lane, Suzy Wood and Darren Roberts will be visiting homes to talk to people about the new service, and answer any questions they may have about the changes and recycling generally.
 
It is just one way that the council is getting the message across. The communications campaign, funded by the Waste Resources Action Programme, includes four-page leaflets and service guides delivered to homes across the district, advertising and promotion through local newspapers, local radio and poster sites, and road shows.
 
The improved service will be rolled out across Dover District from September. It includes a weekly collection of all food waste, which will be sent for composting, and an improved recycling collection that will take plastic packaging like yogurt pots, ice cream tubs and food trays - not just plastic bottles.
 
Roger Walton, who leads environmental services, said: "The aim of the communications campaign is to show how the new collections work and how residents can recycle more, and to encourage residents to use the new services and help protect our environment."
 
Alternative collections methods will be used for homes that cannot have wheeled bins.