PLANS to improve and extend recycling facilities in Waverley have been brought forward to the beginning of 2007. Borough councillors have voted to use £80,000, which they originally planned to spend in the new financial year (from April 2007), this financial year instead. Improvements to the recycling sites include improved information and signage to help users sort out their recycling, increased capacity for cardboard recycling, and improved organisation of the sites so that they are easier to keep clean and tidy. "Many residents have told us that they want to recycle more, and these improvements are designed to reflect their wishes," explained Victor Scrivens, Waverley's portfolio holder for environment. He continued: "Currently, the containers for cardboard fill up very quickly so we can only just empty them before they are full. We need to increase the cardboard recycling capacity at Waverley's recycling sites to keep up with demand. "By modernising the sites we can make them much more user-friendly so that residents are clear about what items they can recycle in each container. "It's also important that we use some of the money saved by our residents' tremendous achievements in recycling and put it back into improving Waverley's recycling facilities." Improvements should begin soon, and the authority says it is hopeful residents will begin to notice a difference by the end of March. For a full list of sites and materials that can be recycled visit http://www.waverley.gov.uk/">www.waverley.gov.uk/ recycling or phone 01252 717614.
