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Council leader Peter Britcliffe said: "I think it is really important that we, as a council, set an example to the people in the borough about the importance of recycling.
"If this is a success I hope eventually we can go out to other offices and businesses in the area and show them what we have done, and how we made it work."
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This is a good point that Peter makes in the Telegraph and I agree totally that they should show a good example. I have heard a few people on here comment about the contents of rubbish bins all going into landfill etc etc, maybe this will be the next thing they change.
Too many businesses do not recycle. Where I work we don't even recycle paper. We do separate scrap wood and metal but that is only because the waste collection company insist on it IIRC.
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Opposition Labour group leader Coun Graham Jones said: "We have called for drastic action on reducing waste and we welcome this move, but telling people to take home tea bags in their pockets, or handbags, is just daft."
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It may be daft Graham but why not suggest some other way of collecting them instead, maybe the Parks Dept could compost them.