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Secrecy Surrounding Contract to Sort Cambridge’s Recycling in Peterborough - Click for Full Article

New blue bins for mixed recycling are to be distributed in Cambridge next month. Details of the city’s contract for dealing with the recycling have not been made public.

On the morning of the 6th of October 2009 I attended Cambridge City Council’s Environment Scrutiny Committee. I used the opportunity for members of the public [...]

Unbelievable Presentation on Blue Recycling Bins - Click for Full Article

A third, blue, bin for recyclable waste is due to be introduced to Cambridge shortly.

I attended Cambridge City Council’s South Area Committee on the evening of Thursday the 24th of September 2009. One of the items on the agenda was an update and Q&A on Cambridge’s new co-mingled recycling which will involve those who [...]

Introducing Co-Mingled Recycling to Cambridge - Click for Full Article

On the 13th of January 2009 I attended the Cambridge City Council meeting where a decision was made to go ahead with plans to replace the recycling boxes currently used in homes in the city with a third wheelie bin. This new bin, which will be dark blue, will be able to take mixed recyclables [...]

Is Cambridge City Council Acquiring Technology for Pay as You Throw Taxation? - Click for Full Article

While reading though the list of new vehicles which Cambridge City Council is planning to buy in 2009/10 I came across two “”On-board weighing systems” at £6,000 each” along with the waste and recycling equipment. The Council publish on their website that the amount of waste collected by their refuse collection vehicles is weighed [...]

Green Bins - Click for Full Article

Dear Cambridge City Council’s City Services Helpdesk,
I saw 12 broken green recycling bins while walking down Hale Avenue and Harvey Goodwin avenue in Cambridge this morning, I am attaching photographs of most of them.
Could you please let me know if you have any plans to replace these bins.
I am aware that I could phone you [...]