THE “credit crunch” is hitting recycling in Warrington as markets for paper and other waste dry up.
Paul McHenry, the borough council’s waste strategy development and implementation manager says the authority would be collecting more materials once they had time to find more markets.
He said: “It is tricky negotiating with paper mills as there are so few of them – they dictate what they take.
“The key is finding the markets. The credit crunch has hit recycling the same as everything else – it is difficult to find markets.”
Mr McHenry was attending a meeting of Appleton Parish Council to talk about the new kerbside collections.
Smaller bins would not have been practical, he said, as it was intended to expand the scheme to include more materials in future, including batteries, Tetra Pack, telephone directories, DVDs and CDs.
The goods were separated on conveyor belts in Warrington.
Mr McHenry said the council had been set targets for recycling and waste reduction and were looking at new technology for waste disposal, such as incinerators with combined heat and power that could help produce cheap heating.
Credit crunch hits recycling
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