Thornbury will soon get a new recycling service  Profile image
for steve_truckle  By steve_truckle | Wednesday, May 19, 2010,
09:54  NEW recycling services in South Gloucestershire havs been
given the go ahead.  The authority's cabinet has approved
changes to its contract with SITA, which will lead to the
collection  of plastic bottles and food waste from customers
homes in the area.  Cllr Heather Goddard, cabinet member for
Communities, said: "We have given the green light to the biggest
expansion of recycling services in South Gloucestershire in a
decade, which will break through the 50 per cent recycling
target that we have set as a minimum so our performance remains
ahead of many other councils”  She continued by saying
"Importantly, the rolling out of weekly food waste and
fortnightly plastic bottle collections to all households can be
funded from within the council's existing waste management
budget as part of a revised contract and so - unlike Liberal
Democrat proposals - there is no additional cost to