From 31 July Aberdeenshire Council’s mini recycling points will only be for glass and textiles, as these materials should not go in household blue-lidded recycling bins.
One of the main benefits from the removal of other containers will be substantially less vehicle usage, which will save money and cut carbon emissions. It will also help prevent the misuse of mini-recycling points for the disposal of trade waste.
Another issue has been contamination, such as bottles and non-recyclable materials (e.g. polystyrene) being dumped in cardboard containers. I have attached a picture taken at the cardboard skip at Tesco tonight. It contains two car booster seats, polystyrene and goodness knows what else. What a waste of time and money.
If anyone needs more blue-lidded bins these will be supplied at no cost. Of course large amounts of, say, cardboard can be taken to a recycling centre.
The changes will save the council around £400,000 a year.
The changes have already been implemented at the Asda car park in Portlethen, following the opening of the Badentoy centre.
There are more details at: https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/apps/news/release.aspx?newsid=4737
The cardboard skip at the Tesco car park in Newtonhill