Currentcomposting and recycling rate = 43%

Hot topic - bin chips

Recently there has been a lot of press about the bins in Peterborough having chips in them; we want to set the record straight.  In 2002, when Peterborough City Council secured funding from DEFRA to provide residents with green recycling bins across the city, some Councils were using bin chips to monitor recycling data through collections.  As it is cheaper to have the chips fitted at the point of manufacture than to fit at a later date, the decision was made to include a chip at that stage in the event that PCC would also monitor recycling using this tool.  PCC does not have collection vehicles fitted with micro-chip reading systems and therefore the bins chips are not being used.  Should this change in the future full consultation will take place.

The 'Rubbish, Waste and Recycling' pages have been updated on Peterborough City Council's website to be more user friendly.  Residents can use the site to find out all the information they need; from how to use their bins, why it is important to reduce, reuse and recycle, how to get composting and how to use our free bulky collection service and many more things.  Why not log onto www.peterborough.gov.uk/recycling and have a look!

Peterborough win with Recycling Programme

Peterborough City Council in partnership with Compass won an  Award for Electrical and Electronic Recycler of the year for its Electrical Appliance Recycling Programme (EARP) a facility set up not only for the recycling and recovery of discarded electrical items but also as an educational programme designed to help disadvantaged communities in the Peterborough area by developing a sustainable system of training around the collection, reprocessing, repairing and recycling of these electrical goods. Alongside this the EARP take back scheme, supported by local industry, ensures that those on low incomes and in greatest need have access to this ready supply of tested electrical appliances, which are initially repaired by the facility before they go back into the community for reuse.

The Friends of Orton Wistow Primary School have funded a new play area at Orton Wistow Primary School from funds they have raised by being part of the council's recycling Adopt-a-Bank scheme.  They have adopted the glass recycling banks in Orton Wistow for a number of years where they publicise the bank and glass recycling within the local community and maintain the site.

In return they receive a payment from the council per tonne of glass they collect for recycling.  It is very important that people make the effort to use the many bring bank sites in the city to recycle their glass.  By doing this people are helping to increase the already impressive recycling rate we have in Peterborough, but also they are supporting their local community and helping them to raise funds for projects such as this one.  

The Fly-tipping Action Group (FLAG) has teamed up with the National Grid and Peterborough City Council's City Services to tackle a well known fly-tipping hot spot on Storey's Bar Road. FLAG aims to create awareness of fly-tipping and to use the power of local communities to combat fly-tipping.       

Storey's Bar Road has become a prolific fly-tipping hot spot, and is situated within a picturesque area of Peterborough. The council has received a number of complaints from residents who commute past the eye sore entering Peterborough. The partnership has cleared the area and erected barriers where the fly-tipping regularly takes place to prevent and to discourage people driving onto the site to illegally dump waste. This proven tool in the fight against fly-tipping should act as an enduring solution to the problem.

By working together FLAG, National Grid and Peterborough City Services are executing a sustainable solution for the ongoing problem on Storey's Bar Road, and helping to improve the environment for people living in Peterborough. Furthermore they want show how partnership working and the pooling of resources can help to make positive change to people and their local environmental quality.

Many people are confused when it comes to the plastics which they are able to recycle in the green bin.  In Peterborough we can only accept plastic bottles in the green recycling bin no other plastics at all, so no yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, food trays etc please.  We collect all types of plastic bottles whether they are see-through, opaque or coloured.

We currently only ask for plastic bottles as we know that plastic bottles are made from the three main types of plastic that we are able to accept; PET, HDPE and PVC.