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New bins in Preston city centre to encourage recycling-on-the-go

Posted on - 14th March, 2024 - 8:00am | Author - | Posted in - Preston City Centre, Preston Council, Preston News, Wildlife and Conservation
Cllr Freddie Bailey (R); with Ellie Tebbott, Waste Technical Officer; and a street cleaning crew at the Market Hall recycling bin location.
Cllr Freddie Bailey (R); with Ellie Tebbott, Waste Technical Officer; and a street cleaning crew at the Market Hall recycling bin location.

New bins are being implemented in Preston city centre in order to encourage recycling-on-the-go.

Four new specific litter bins will make it easier for residents and visitors to recycle plastic bottles, drink cans and glass bottles.

Inspired by environmental charity Hubbub’s #InTheLoop recycling toolkit, the council will be measuring the impact and effectiveness of the new bins, and if the pilot proves successful, the hope is to secure funding for more bins to encourage a roll-out across Preston.

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Hubbub says #InTheLoop is the “UK’s biggest collaborative approach” to boost recycling on the go.

Other areas such as Swansea, Edinburgh, Dublin, Wimbledon, Telford and Wrekin and Lambeth have all run similar pilots.

To keep contamination to a minimum, people are being urged to put items like coffee cups, dog waste and crisp packets in the general waste section of the bin and to think ‘if in doubt, leave it out’.

Preston City Council is the first local authority in the north-west to trial a campaign based on the toolkit.

Councillor Freddie Bailey, cabinet member for environment and community safety at Preston City Council, said: “We’re urging everyone to use the new recycling bins to reduce littering, boost recycling rates of plastic bottles and cans, and to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill or incineration.

“The bins are certainly eye-catching and hard to miss – so please recycle on the go!”

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Across the #InTheLoop pilot projects, Hubbub says more than 500 bins have been rolled out and more than 2.5 million plastic and glass bottles and cans were collected and recycled.

You will find the recycling on-the-go litterbins on Market Street (at the edge of the Flag Market), on Earl Street (next to the Market Hall), on Friargate (next to St George’s Shopping Centre) and at Ribblesdale Place (at the top of Avenham Park).

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