Value-effective Council buy for Better Recycling scheme » East Suffolk Council

Posted by on 8 October 2025 | Comments

East Suffolk Council’s Cabinet has agreed an economical buy, from current budgets, to assist be sure that the brand new ‘Better Recycling’ scheme is so simple as potential for residents to know.

From 2026, East Suffolk Council will provide all households with an extra wheelie bin or different container to separate paper and card from plastics, metallic, cartons (together with Tetra Pak) and glass bottles or jars. This might be along with a brand-new weekly meals waste assortment service.

Better Recycling is a authorities initiative which each council should undertake, and all councils should search compliance with what is anticipated, doing so in a financially prudent method. As a part of this, all Suffolk councils, are anticipated – and have agreed – to standardise waste and recycling bin colors throughout Suffolk, as a part of the federal government’s push for larger consistency.

With this in thoughts, adjustments are required to colors in East Suffolk, that are presently out of step with the remainder of the county. Additionally, a color conflict might be resolved, serving to to keep away from confusion for residents.

However, reasonably than buying new bins, East Suffolk Council’s Cabinet has as an alternative opted to introduce new bin lids, within the acceptable color, at a fraction of the price. To substitute bins of their entirety would value £875,000 plus distribution which might take the general value to over £1 Million. However, alternative lids, will value round £350,000 to buy and set up, offering a far cheaper and extra environmentally pleasant possibility.

Cllr Sally Noble, Cabinet Member for the Environment stated: “When our garden waste subscription service was introduced some years ago, the previous Conservative administration decided not to follow the approved waste and recycling colour scheme, and introduced green bins for garden waste instead of the established brown.

“We said from early on that this could cause confusion when alongside the new green-lidded bin we are introducing for card and paper as part of ‘Better Recycling’. However, it is important that we address this as cost-effectively as possible, and replacing lids, only, is far cheaper.

“This money comes from an existing budget, where – thanks to excellent procurement work by the council – we have remaining funding in place which we are able to utilise.

“Ultimately, this is a step we must take, to ensure consistency and simplicity, and I am entirely satisfied that this approach is the most cost-effective way to meet our objectives.”

The ’Better Recycling’ Scheme might be launched subsequent June.