SIR - The Green Party has been urging both Labour and Conservative administrations in Worcester in this direction for many years, and this pilot project gives us hope that the city council may soon be hitting the government's national targets for recycling.
When they have done so, Worcester City Council might like to go one further and do as LibDem/Green Party- controlled Malvern Hills District Council, has done and voluntarily produce higher targets in order to try to exceed the national targets.
MHDC currently has a recycling rate of 24.58 per cent, with 74 per cent of residents participating in recycling schemes. The council could also set an example by reducing the amount of materials it uses and introducing a purchasing policy to ensure all materials are sourced from sustainable suppliers.
A Green Party-run Worcester City Council would promote schemes which re-use packaging as this is more energy-efficient than recycling.
A Green city council would also initiate and support public education campaigns to reduce resource consumption and increase the re-use and recycling of waste.
Worcester Green Party will be putting forward many more of our ideas for a greener Worcester in our manifesto, due out in the New Year. In the meantime, we welcome any initiatives that reduce landfill, and save money for our council taxpayers.
CHRIS LENNARD,
Worcester Green Party Spokesman.
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