Why recycle?

Smart Sack Scheme

What can go in the orange bags?

Glass - bottles and jars of all colours

Plastic – all plastic drinks, milk and detergent bottles

Paper & card - newspapers, junk mail, magazines, cereal cartons (no plastic liners please) and other cardboard packaging

Metal - drinks cans, food tins and empty aerosols

What can’t go in the orange bags?

No bottle caps or jar lids

NO BROKEN GLASS, pyrex or window glass

No foil

No "tetrapak" (eg. drink cartons)

No paint and chemical containers or batteries

No yoghurt pots or margarine containers

No yellow pages

The survey of Hammersmith & Fulham residents (along with other west London boroughs) compares recycling behaviour and attitudes now to a similar survey undertaken a year ago. The results are excellent news:

" 63% of residents say recycling is "very worthwhile"
" Residents knowledge of recycling services in H&F up a massive 32% to 64% saying they felt "well informed".
" As with knowledge and perception of recycling, behaviour is also shifting - dramatically - numbers saying "I recycle everything possible" are up in H&F from 9% to 31% (+22%)

The research project Public Attitudes Towards Waste and Recycling was carried out in partnership with the MORI Social Research Institute, was commissioned for the Western Riverside Waste Authority {WRWA} area by Waste Watch.

The launch last September of the popular "Smart sack" service, new estate-based recycling services, a major publicity campaign and schools recycling projects have all played their part in boosting recycling levels. The current recycling rate in the borough is up from 8.5% to 15.3% - in the first year of the Smart Sack scheme - just below the 16% the council is hoping to reach by the end of March.

As environment deputy Cllr Mike Cartwright explains: "These new figures are extremely encouraging and provides further proof that local people want to recycle and appreciate the Council's initiatives to make it easier."

"We are tantalisingly close our 16% recycling target and are providing new recycling banks across the borough over the coming weeks. These new banks will make it easier for those without access to the "Smart Sack" scheme to recycle and help us fulfil that target."

For more details on the recycling scheme call the Smarter Borough Hotline: 020 8753 1100 or email wastehelp@lbhf.gov.uk

Council's refuse and recycling pages

Read also: Smart Sack recycling scheme now covers the whole borough