Mar 31, 2008
Lib Dems celebrate arrival of first bottle banks in Redlands – 2 years late!
Redlands Lib Dem Councillors Kirsten Bayes and Daisy Benson have welcomed the arrival of the FIRST EVER glass recycling facilities in Redlands ward after a 2 year campaign by the Lib Dems.
Cllr Daisy Benson said:
“I’m glad that local residents in our area will finally be able to recycle glass locally. Labour-run Reading Council has been promising ‘jam tomorrow’ to residents in Redlands since 2006 (when fortnightly bin collections were introduced)”
“I gave the Council a list of sites back in June 2006 – Redlands has had NO glass recycling facilities and has lagged behind the rest of Reading.”
Glenn Goodall, local resident and candidate for Redlands ward in the local elections in May said
“Local residents have been saying to me they desperately want to be able to recycle glass without having to drive to another neighbourhood. Thanks to constant pressure by the Lib Dems the first bottle banks are now going to be installed in April.
Cllr Kirsten Bayes said “We are delighted. This is one step closer to our long term aim of getting glass recycling on the doorstep”
“Glass bottles have been building up on doorsteps in Redlands ward for too long. . I asked the Council again back in February how much longer residents would have to wait and they are finally being installed: in time for the local elections.
Cllr Gareth Epps, Lib Dem environment spokesman and Parliamentary campaigner for Reading East has been leading the Lib Dem campaign for kerbside collection of glass and weekly food waste recycling in Reading.
Gareth said: “Under Labour, Reading is lagging behind on recycling: too much waste is going into landfill. The obvious next step is for food waste to be collected weekly. This is both good for the environment and saves taxpayers money”
Editors notes:-
- Kirsten Bayes asked a question to Council on 19 February asking when bottle banks would be installed in Redlands. 3 days later councillors were told that the installations would begin in April.
- Glass recycling facilities have been promised by the Labour Council since June 2006.
- The bottle banks in Redlands will be installed at the end of April on the footpath near the corner of Erleigh Road and junction with Donnington Gardens and on the green near to 116-122 Hexham road.
- Residents wishing to support the Lib Dem campaign should sign the petition here and keep the pressure on RBC: Recycle More Glass
