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Published:
May 24, 2006
New
plastic bag recycling service introduced at Burnham waste centre
 A
new plastic bag recycling service has this week been launched
at Burnham and Highbridge's Household Waste Recycling Centre.
The
introduction of plastic bag recycling wheeled bins at the Isleport
centre follows the recent introduction of household battery recycling
bins, allowing the public to recycle even more of their household
waste.
County
Councillor Hazel Prior-Sankey, who is portfolio holder for Transport
and Waste, said: "The best way to deal with plastic bags
is to not accept them in the first place."
"You
can either re-use the old ones, or take a sturdy bag of your own
when you go shopping. We realise that there will be times when
people use plastic bags, and now they have the ability to recycle
them rather than throwing them away."
Rufus
Ford from the Somerset Waste Action Programme is pictured with
one of the new plastic bag recycling bins.
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