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Council explains its recycling collections

Jan 24 2008 by Jean Parry, South Wales Echo

CONFUSED residents in Caerphilly have been told why materials they carefully separate for recycling go into one refuse lorry with ordinary rubbish.

A council spokesman said: “The best way to collect recyclable material is to use the normal refuse collection vehicles, which have a bigger capacity.”

But he said while normal waste is land-filled, recyclable materials, which residents separate into green boxes, go to a recovery plant for recycling.

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