By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Recycling rates across Cheshire East could drop if the Government goes ahead with proposals which could see each household have up to six bins, councillors fear.
The Government wants a more consistent approach to the way waste is collected and recycled across England and has published consultations on new waste management and funding changes for 2023.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Recycling rates in Cheshire East have fallen slightly over the last five years.
New data, sourced from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs also shows that Cheshire East Council collected 501.3kg of household waste per person from homes in the area in 2019-20 — 18.3kg more than five years earlier.
Wych-Malbank Rotary members in Nantwich have toasted the success of a recycling initiative called “Handmade in Nantwich” which raised almost £1,700.
They invited members, friends, and Facebook followers to get busy and make items from household cupboards and garden sheds that they would donate for sale online or at the market.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East residents can now have their say on plans which could see some towns lose their recycling centres.
Earlier this month, Cheshire East Council cabinet members voted to launch a consultation into the proposals, which sets out a variety of scenarios for the future of the centres.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Recycling sites across Cheshire East are under threat as the council looks to make savings ahead of the contract’s renewal.
CEC Cabinet members voted to launch a consultation on plans to close some of the borough’s eight recycling centres.
A children’s shoe recycling hub is being launched in South Cheshire with support from housing association The Guinness Partnership and charity Sal’s Shoes.
The hub will collect and redistribute school shoes to children living in the Crewe area.
Cheshire East Council has reintroduced a vehicle registration system at the Pyms Lane household waste recycling centre due to congestion.
Household waste and recycling centres in Cheshire East will reopen on Monday May 11, the authority said today.
But residents are warned there will be restrictions and traffic management in place.
Families across Nantwich and Crewe will start receiving the new Cheshire East Council food caddies from January 6.
It’s part of the authority’s new food waste recycling service and will see caddies rolled out over the next six to eight weeks.
A new food waste recycling service for Cheshire East residents will start in January 2020.
People will start to receive a small green food caddy from January 6.
Pupils from a Nantwich school have been crowned recycling champions for Cheshire East with their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle waste.
A record 180 pupils from 50 of the borough’s primary schools took part in the junior recycling officer scheme run by environmental services company Ansa.
By Stephen Topping
Less than five per cent of household rubbish in Crewe and Nantwich is now being sent to landfill, says Cheshire East Council.
They say their new Cledford Lane environmental hub near Middlewich has played a big part in cutting landfill amounts.
A recycling company in Nantwich has been fined after a young worker lost his arm when he was dragged into machinery.
An employee for Nick Brookes Recycling Limited was dragged into the unguarded conveyor in Wardle, resulting in his right arm having to be amputated up to his shoulder, Chester Crown Court was told.
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