So, after my last blog, I got to thinking should Birmingham City Council participate in the Spring Recycling campaign to raise awareness about other materials that can be recycled when Birmingham City Council can’t provide the facilities to do so?
Of course it raises the issue of recycling again, but how does the council forsee dealing with people who actually wish to recycle these additional materials which includes light bulbs, CDs and even sheet glass. Items that could easily take part in the doorstep recycling scheme are as follows:
- Batteries
- Clothes and Textiles
- Tin and Aluminium foil
- Hearing aids
- Mobile phones
- CDs
- Egg shells
- Light bulbs
- Printer cartridges
- Video tapes
Even spectacles can be recycled, but none of those listed above are available on the doorstep recycling scheme and I live in Kingstanding which is just down the road from one of the councils recycling plants.
I believe its time that Birmingham does have up to date, quality recycling processing plants. Birmingham is the second city of England and making sure we are able to recycle as much as possible from what we use in everyday life, such as egg shells, will go a long way to helping the environment and cutting down on the dumping of waste.
So, what do you think? Should Birmingham City Council really take part in a campaign which they can’t actually provide the facilities for? If not should they run their own campaign to remind people to recycle and use the doorstep scheme? Right now it seems they have one foot in and one foot out, casually taking part by constructing a sculpture but not putting any further effort in.
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