Council u-turn on recycling bins and boxes

The Yorkshire Post and Sheffield Star report that from next year, the council will allow Crosspool householders to select how they use their blue bin and blue box for recycling.

With the current system, residents must use the bin for bottles and the box for paper. But from April, you will be able to choose which you use for which type of item.

The news will come as a relief to elderly residents, some of whom found the boxes cumbersome to move when full of paper and also susceptible to windy and wet weather due to the detachable lid.

Yorkshire Post

Sheffield Star

Blue box: fom April can be used to recycle bottles
Blue box: from April can be used to recycle bottles, if you choose

Recycling roadshow returns to Crosspool today

The Veolia recycling roadshow is outside Spar today (Friday 30 July 2010).

It is giving local residents a chance to answer questions and feed back comments regarding the recent changes to recycling and the introduction of blue boxes for households.

Information about changes to our recycling service

The Veolia recycling roadshow outside Spar today
The Veolia recycling roadshow outside Spar today