Recycle banks trial scheme

2:37pm Friday 28th December 2007

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PENDLE Council has set up three special recycling banks for empty drink cartons under a new trial scheme.

People can take milk, fruit and juice cartons to special collection banks at Asda in Colne, Goitside car park in Nelson and Boot Street in Earby.

The council has set up the new carton recycling scheme with Tetra Pak Ltd and ACE (Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) in a six month trial.

Carole Taylor, the council's waste services manager, said: "Pendle people are great recyclers; most already recycle as much of their waste as they can.

"Plenty of people have been asking about how to recycle their waxed drinks cartons too and so we've introduced these three special banks."

The Reverent Ed Saville used the drinks carton bank in Nelson.

He said: "I'm so pleased that the banks are in place. We used to compost our drinks cartons, but the liners don't rot down."

The cartons are recycled into things like plasterboard liner, strong paper bags and envelopes.

Mrs Taylor added: "If the initial six month trial is successful and people are using them, then we may get more drinks carton recycling across Pendle."

For more information contact 01282 661743 or visit www.pendle.gov.uk.