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Recycling

As a city, we currently recycle 26% of our waste. That’s up from 5% in 2001 but there’s so much more to do. Labour is committed to recycling or composting 70% of waste by 2020.

In the summer of 2005, the Labour council agreed to take two phase approach to recycling facilities. First of all, it would introduce wheelie bins and recycling boxes to properties that could accommodate them without it requiring planning consent, and secondly, it would introduce on street containters for both residual waste and recycling for properties that couldn’t have their own boxes and bins because of planning guidance.

At the end of Stage One over 2000 properties received new wheelie bins and over 5000 people received new colour coded recycling boxes.

Labour aims to have 1 recycling bin for paper and 1 recycling bin for packaging for every 100 properties in Edinburgh. But this is all subject to suitable locations, ensuring that they’re in close proximity to residents, whilst also not overtly affecting the environment around it.

The Council has been working closely with Historic Scotland and the World Heritage Trust to find solutions to finding the difficult balance between protecting Edinburgh’s World Heritage status and protecting the environment.

Phase 2 plans to deliver recycling facilities to 15 new streets within the World Heritage Sites that have never had it before serving over 1000 properties.

The Liberal Democrats may well talk about your right to recycle, but only Labour is taking the careful, step by step approach absolutely critical to ensuring that Edinburgh is a safer, cleaner, greener city.

Find your nearest recycling centre: www.edinburgh.gov.uk *.