Every Slough household counts
Since the beginning of July, a special team of six trained recycling advisors from Slough Borough Council have been visiting residents to promote the use of the black box scheme.
The advisors are part of a large scale recycling promotional project in 2007 called Recycle for Slough: Every household counts and is funded by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
It also coincides with the council’s new campaign, cleaner, safer, greener Slough.
Over all, the recycling team will have visited around 10,000 households by mid-September.
The advisors are delivering recycling information and are raising awareness of the service and encouraging residents to participate in the scheme. They also take requests for black boxes and can be identified by Recycle Now branded high-visibility vests.
A new leaflet about the black box scheme, Chalvey Waste and Recycling Centre and the mini-recycling centres will be delivered to every household in the town. The campaign will also entail advertising on bus sides and bus stops and information in local newspapers.
Sarah Bryan, community recycling officer for Slough Borough Council, said: “The advisors undertook a pre-project asking for residents’ attitudes about recycling and carrying out a participation survey.
“This will be repeated in the late autumn and will help to measure the impact of the campaign.
“So far, we have received come positive comments and have ordered more black bins for lots of households.”
Commissioner for public protection, Cllr John Edwards, said: “This new initiative is a great way of getting the message about recycling across to residents.
“It gives the council the chance to speak to them and answer any question s they may have and offer advice about the best ways to recycle – leaving out town a cleaner and greener place to live.”
For further information, or for suggestions of community groups contact Sarah Bryan on sarah.bryan@slough.gov.uk or 01753 875275.
Slough Borough Council