Blaenau Gwent Council have introduced a brand new rear loading recycling vehicle into its fleet. Designed to access streets which require collections from the rear lane of a property, this bespoke recycling vehicle is capable of holding cans, plastic, paper, cardboard, glass, food waste, small electrical items, textiles and batteries separately.
The current fleet of recycling lorries are capable of collecting materials for recycling from households in a single pass. However, they are unable to access some of the narrower rear lanes in the borough. The new vehicles are loaded from the rear therefore enabling access to tight access areas whilst still collecting the same materials and maintaining material quality using a single pass vehicle.
The Welsh Government has provided funding for the vehicle, among the first of its type to be introduced into the country.
Councillor Garth Collier, Deputy Leader of Blaenau Gwent Council said:
“I am very pleased to welcome the first new rear loading recycling vehicle to our fleet, as we will now be in a position to access the narrower rear lanes. As our recycling targets from Welsh Government are set to increase next year we need to recycle as much as possible and our additional lorry will help us with this challenge. Our recycling performance has increased this year as we send less waste to landfill and I would like thank all our residents for their support and participation.’
Hannah Blythyn, the Environment Minister, said:
“We’ve got a really strong record on household recycling in Wales – we’re first in the UK, second in Europe and third in world. I’m pleased to see Welsh Government funding used to improve recycling rates in Blaenau Gwent even further, helping us towards our ambition to become the top recycling nation in the world.”
