BID TO 'BOOT UP' BRIGG RECYCLING

Community-minded Brigg residents continue to provide many tonnes of glass, metal cans, newspapers & magazines, cardboard and green garden waste for recycling every year - all collected from households by North Lincolnshire Council and saved from being deposited on landfill sites. Efforts continue to increase the percentage of recycled material generated by domestic properties.
This worthy initiative deserves everyone's support, but we were disappointed recently to find that the tops of both recycling bins on the Old Courts Road car park had been locked when we went along with a dustbin bag full of cans. At least one of these bins is usually left unlocked to make it easier for donations to be made en masse, rather than having to go through the time-consuming process of feeding cans through the side slots two at a time. We hope this was only a temporary 'blip' and that, going forward, these bins will no longer be locked, as recycling needs to be made as simple as possible to encourage householders to contribute.
We firmly believe that the council should supply wheelie bins for cans and bottles, as it already does for cardboard and plastic items. The green kerbside boxes, introduced many years ago, are too small and no longer fit for purpose as the metal can recycling rate increases.
Some national retailers are also playing their part. Boots, which has a shop on Wrawby Street, recently launched a new UK recycling scheme "encouraging customers to bring back empty hard-to-recycle health, beauty and wellness products."
It says: "Boots UK is the first retailer to use Scan2Recycle technology, allowing customers to track how much packaging they have recycled. For every five products recycled, customers will be rewarded with 500 Boots Advantage Card points, worth £5."
Initially, this will be piloted in 50 UK stores, with a view to adding more in due course.
PICTURED: Boots UK's new in-store recycling scheme, plus recycling bins on the Old Courts Road car park in Brigg.