Town centre recycling a success

10.37.00am GMT Wed 28th Nov 2007

The NODE being emptied

A new recycling facility in the town centre is being filled to capacity every week by visitors eager to recycle their litter instead of throwing it in a normal waste bin.

The revolutionary new recycling NODE installed on the Market Square in September allows people to recycle glass, paper and card plastic bottles and food and drink cans.

The scheme introduced by the |Liberal Democrat Northampton Borough Council is designed to slim the litterbins in the town centre and reduce the amount of waste which currently ends up in landfill.

Northampton Borough Councillor Trini Crake, Liberal Democrat cabinet member for environment said: "This is a real step forward in helping to increase recycling rates in the town. It's so frustrating to see litterbins full of rubbish that could be recycled. A large percentage of litter collected in the town centre is made up of food packaging and drinks containers so we expected the NODE to be well used. Now people have the option to recycle their litter and I'm delighted that so many people are using it."

The NODE is located in the corner of the Market Square behind the entertainments area.