04 July 2011

Students encouraged to recycle their litter
Students at The Henley College are being encouraged to recycle while on the go.

Five on-street bins, which allow people to recycle cans, paper, plastic and glass, were recently installed in Henley, including two close to the college.

Officials from Verdant, South Oxfordshire District Councils waste contractor, held an event at the college to mark the start of national recycle week.

The recycling roadshow featured an inflatable goal donated by the Every Can Counts campaign, which aims to encourage more people to recycle empty drinks cans.

Students were challenged to kick a football through a giant can to win recycling goodies. There was also a competition to win music vouchers by guessing the number of cans in a bale of crushed cans.


Councillor David Dodds, cabinet member for waste services, said: We have one of the highest kerbside recycling rates in the UK at around 70 per cent, so we know that our community is committed to recycling at home. The next logical step is to make the same facilities available on the street in key town centre locations.

The new bins have been paid for by the district council, the Oxfordshire Waste Partnership and Henley Town Council.

There are two in Market Place and one each in Bell Street, Greys Road and Deanfield Road, near the college, where students have been accused of dropping litter.Verdant will empty the bins as part of its duties.

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