Shrewsbury Recycling and Refuse Collection Data Released

Next week (w/c 22/10/2007) sees the start of the new recycling and refuse collection scheme in the Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council Area in Shropshire. SABC are the first council that GreenBoxDay.co.uk have worked with to provide email reminders about recycling and refuse collections to the public.

Users simply need to supply their postcode and an email address and select how many days before the collection they would like their reminder to be sent. GreenBoxDay.co.uk will then continue to send reminders before each collection so the correct boxes and bins can be put out.

The reminders will initially contain a list of what materials go in each box or bin to help people start to get used to the new system – but this will be expanded to included recycling information and tips. GreenBoxDay hope to work with other councils to promote this refuse and recycling service to people throughout the UK. Councils interested in making their collection data available to GreenBoxDay should contact councils@greenboxday.com – or register at www.greenboxday.co.uk.

Commenting on the release of the new collection data, James Thompson S.A.B.C.s Recycling & Sustainabilty Officer said, "SABC are delighted to be utilising this new tool to provide additional services to local residents without costing the council taxpayer. This supports the Councils main aspirations of environmental excellence and low council tax. Further this is underpinning the national drive towards e-governance. Calenders and literature has been provided to all residents but this is a useful tool. We hope that it will help make the service even easier to use and lead to higher rates of recycling in th area. I would urge residents to make use of the greenboxday.co.uk reminder service to help them remember their new collection days and if they have any further queries visit the Councils website or email recycling@shrewsbury.gov.uk

18^th October 2007

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