KERB side recycling has saved over nine thousand trees since September.

Now Wigan Council will extend its paper recycling operation borough-wide after a successful pilot scheme.

Cllr Lynne Liptrot thanked those who had taken part in the trial scheme and said in the hank you to everyone in the trial scheme. Now it's time for everyone

to join the paper chase! Over the next few months, residents will be getting

full details and a bag, ready for fortnightly collections of paper on their

regular bin day."

Did you know?

* Recycling a metre high stack of newspaper saves one tree

from being cut down to make paper.

* Strict government rules, as well as the demands of 75% of

locals according to a recent study, mean that the council is pushing hard to

up the recycling figures. There are already over 80 kerbside locations such

as supermarkets and pubs to take cans, bottles and other materials. This

year the local green team has campaigned against junk mail, staged

exhibitions and urged residents to use shopping bags for life, not wasteful

plastic bags. And next year, with eight exhibitions planned at local

supermarkets and paper collections for all, there really is no excuse for

not making it a green 2004.

Note to editors

For more information, please contact Dave Bullock, Recycling Officer on

01942 404380.

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