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Festive waste overflows bottle banks in England | Festive waste overflows bottle banks in England |
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Recycling centres face a backlog of overflowing bins as the evidence of England's Christmas and new year celebrations waits to be disposed of. | Recycling centres face a backlog of overflowing bins as the evidence of England's Christmas and new year celebrations waits to be disposed of. |
Pictures of overflowing bottle banks at recycling centres have emerged on social media following the festive period. | Pictures of overflowing bottle banks at recycling centres have emerged on social media following the festive period. |
Rows of bottles have been building up on the ground at a recycling centres across the country. | Rows of bottles have been building up on the ground at a recycling centres across the country. |
Councils have warned of "extremely large volumes" of waste and recycling. | Councils have warned of "extremely large volumes" of waste and recycling. |
Residents have taken to Twitter to message councils about overflowing bins following the alteration of collection timetables over the festive period. | Residents have taken to Twitter to message councils about overflowing bins following the alteration of collection timetables over the festive period. |
Adam, writing as @RomanyRiser, challenged the London Borough of Bexley over its pledge to investigate as a criminal offence what it has described as "fly-tipping" of rubbish, when many of the overflowing items were left to be recycled. | |
And Shane Calvert from Redcar Shane Calvert from Redcar tweeted: "I've done a tip run for all the Xmas cardboard and we're still overflowing with recycling (and that's a big family size bin). Less collections over Xmas is a joke." | |
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council said it was working to clear recycling points but urged people not to leave things on the ground. | |
Greenwich council, in London, said it was working hard to collect "extremely large volumes of waste & recycling" and that it hoped to have services back to normal by January 7. | Greenwich council, in London, said it was working hard to collect "extremely large volumes of waste & recycling" and that it hoped to have services back to normal by January 7. |
There have been similar scenes in Plymouth. | There have been similar scenes in Plymouth. |
With the beginning of January synonymous with abandoned Christmas trees on street corners, councils are also advising people to recycle or replant them instead. | With the beginning of January synonymous with abandoned Christmas trees on street corners, councils are also advising people to recycle or replant them instead. |
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