Hard plastic change

RESIDENTS using council recycling centres are being assured that hard plastics are still being recycled, despite dedicated collection areas being removed.

Council leader Claire Young told June's Frome Valley Community Engagement Forum that new collection bays had to be created for foam-filled furniture because of rules on its disposal.

People had raised concerns that they were being told to put hard plastic items in with general waste at Sort It centres, but these are now being separated later, when the waste is taken a sorting facility in Bristol.

A council spokesperson stressed that hard plastics put in black bins are not removed, however, as waste from bin collections is "compromised" for recycling and treated differently, so people are still being advised to take hard plastic items, like garden furniture, to tips.

By Adam Postans, Local Democracy Reporting Service