Next month will see another 6,000 homes getting the improved recycling service that means they can recycle paper, cans, foil, cardboard and plastic containers in their new blue-lidded bin every fortnight.

Suffolk Coastal hopes to add over 13,000 more homes to the new service this year, in addition to the 18,000 homes who are already enjoying being able to recycle so much more on their own doorsteps.

“Our residents have been recycling a record 45 per cent of their household waste during the last year, and those with the improved service have been hitting 54 per cent. I cannot stress how important it is that we all make the effort to get into the recycling habit because it will cost us the earth if we do not,” said Councillor Andrew Nunn, Cabinet Member for the Green Environment.

“The rising costs of landfill taxes and other charges mean that we could be faced with an extra £9 million bill for disposing of the household waste we are collecting, so if we can all recycle more that potential bill will be drastically reduced.

“We are rolling out the improved service as quickly as we can, but financial restraints mean it will be 2010 before every home is reached. I can only urge people to make as much use of the services they have as possible, and to remember that all their waste food, cooked or uncooked, can go in their brown wheeled bins,”  added Cllr Nunn.

The areas included in the April 14th expansion of the service are Brandeston, Bredfield, Cretingham, Dallinghoo, Dennington, Gedgrave, Hacheston, Kettleburgh, Monewden, Orford, Parham, Ramsholt, Sutton, Shottisham, and parts of Aldringham, Framlingham, Hoo, Kesgrave, Leiston, Marlesford, Rushmere St Andrew, Saxmundham, Trimley St Mary and Wickham Market.     

For further information about recycling services, please visit http://www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk/yourhome/waste/recycling or telephone 01394 444050.