After some very good work by Forest Row Parish Council in their parish plan http://forestrow.gov.uk/ and particularly by Alan Potter a village resident and waste expert http://www.beyond-waste.com/whoweare/people/alanpotter/ we finally have a kerbside collection trial scheme starting in Forest Row in May 07.
The scheme will involve having recyclables’ containers that insert into the top of your wheelie bin with alternate week collections of waste and recyclables. Watch out for more information that will come via the Parish Council.
As well as providing kerbside pick up, it also encourages a reduction in the amount of rubbish to landfill. Both are very good things though it will be interesting to see how sucessful the waste pick up will be as some recyclables will still have to be taken to bring sites (for the moment glass and possibly cans). To get involved as a local Recycling Champion contact Alan on alanthewiz@btopenworld.com or mail recycling@wealden.gov.uk .
As this scheme is a trial it will be exciting to see how this unfolds and whether this proves a good model to then extend to other areas around the District and into the existing Wealden Crown kerbside scheme that operates on a slightly different basis covering 2/3rds of the District in the more built up areas: Hailsham, Crowborough, Polegate and Uckfield. http://www.wealden.gov.uk/Environment_and_Transport/Recycling/CROWN_Kerbside_Scheme/crown_expansion.aspx
Strange isn’t it that the principle reason that Forest Row has not had a kerbside collection of recyclables up to now is that Wealden DC has been ‘too sucessful’ and recycled beyond its targets… and importantly beyond that level of grant funding that pays for this kind of scheme so whereas other areas would be funded for increasing recycling, Wealden would not be.
All things come to those who wait…….
