Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire (From Witney Gazette)

Cleaning up in West Oxfordshire

10:19am Thursday 24th January 2008 in Witney By The Page Turner

A PROGRAMME to improve West Oxfordshire's 21 recycling centres has increased capacity by more than 40 per cent.

The district council and its waste contractors Veolia have steam-cleaned 180 waste bins, repaired fencing, put up new signs and bought 70 new bins.

Government funding totalling £12,000 has helped pay for the improvements.

David Harvey, cabinet member for the environment, said: "We hope people will be encouraged to recycle more when they see their local collection centre is being kept safer, cleaner and easier to use than ever before."