Students will be the 'key focus' of a recycling campaign in Nottingham
Students will be one of the "key areas of focus" when a new recycling strategy is rolled out in Nottingham amid disappointment at how few of them took part in a consultation on it. Nottingham City Council is trying to improve the area's recycling rate, which had fallen to 23.9 per cent last October, compared to a figure of 27 per cent in 2019.
The recent consultation asked residents to choose between a future of twin-stream or multi-stream recycling. The former idea would see paper and card being collected separately from other recyclable materials, which would continue to be collected in a wheelie bin. But Ben Phillips, 19, another student at NTU, said: "In my accommodation, we do have designated bins but I don't really put much thought into it. It doesn't really cross my mind."
"I think we recognise as a consequence of the low response rates from young people and people who live in HMOs that they will be one of the key areas of focus in terms of how we try to improve recycling services. There isn't a one size fits all solution."
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