Hulme Residents tucking into Easter eggs this weekend are being reminded it is now easier than ever to recycle the packaging.
The silver foil from the eggs, along with plastic bottles, glass and cans, can now be placed in brown recycling bins which are due to be collected from homes across Hulme next week.
Meanwhile, cardboard packaging can be placed in blue bins, which is due to be collected the following week.
Since new services were introduced last year, 220,000 households across the city now benefit from am alternate blue week/ brown week collection system.
Cardboard and silver foil from Easter eggs generates around 4,500 tonnes of waste in the UK each year, according to statistics from WRAP (Waste and Resource Action Programme), although manufacturers have now begun reducing the amount of packaging they use.
Local Councillor Nigel Murphy, said: “Hulme residents are keen recyclers, and they should find it easier than ever to recycle packaging from their Easter eggs this year.”
The silver foil from the eggs, along with plastic bottles, glass and cans, can now be placed in brown recycling bins which are due to be collected from homes across Hulme next week.
Meanwhile, cardboard packaging can be placed in blue bins, which is due to be collected the following week.
Since new services were introduced last year, 220,000 households across the city now benefit from am alternate blue week/ brown week collection system.
Cardboard and silver foil from Easter eggs generates around 4,500 tonnes of waste in the UK each year, according to statistics from WRAP (Waste and Resource Action Programme), although manufacturers have now begun reducing the amount of packaging they use.
Local Councillor Nigel Murphy, said: “Hulme residents are keen recyclers, and they should find it easier than ever to recycle packaging from their Easter eggs this year.”
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