10 September 2008

All schools to recycle their waste
RECYCLING collections are to be made in every school in Basildon from next month.
Council bosses have announced plans to extend recycling to all 72 primary and secondary schools in the district.

The move means they will, for the first time, be able to recycle plastic and paper waste.

Forty-two schools currently have access to recycling, but only some of these are able to recycle both plastic and paper.

Terri Sargent, Basildon councillor for the environment, said: "We are launching a full recycling service to help local schools dispose of waste in an environmentally-friendly way.

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