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Jul 2022
Locations of thousands of Harrogate district recycling bins revealed
The locations of where thousands more recycling wheelie bins will be trialled in the Harrogate district have been revealed.
Harrogate Borough Council is testing out the blue-lidded bins as a replacement for black boxes which residents complain are not big enough and result in recycling being blown across streets during bad weather.
The Appleby estate in Knaresborough was chosen as the first area for the trial and now more locations have been revealed.
Cllr Sam Gibbs, cabinet member for environment, waste reduction and recycling at the council, said around 2,000 bins have already been rolled out and that 880 more in Bilton and 1,800 in Ripon will follow this month.
He also said 2,000 will be introduced in the Harlow Hill and Arthurs Avenue areas of Harrogate in August.
When questioned how the trial is going, Cllr Gibbs told a council meeting that residents seemed “very happy” with the changes, although there had been some issues with items including a bouncy castle and petrol cans being incorrectly placed in the bins.
Cllr Gibbs said:
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Recycling that contains contamination – including the wrong items or food waste – costs more to dispose of and the recycled material produced can be of lower quality.
The new wheelie bins can be used to recycle glass bottles, jars, tin cans, foil, food and drink cartons, and plastic bottles and tubs.
Blue bags for recycling paper, card and cardboard will continue to be used.
However, these will be replaced with heavy-duty bags for those properties that don’t have them.
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