GREEN residents in East Sussex fuelled a record-breaking post-Christmas recycling blitz, new figures reveal.
East Sussex County Council data shows a whopping 4,695 tonnes of recycling – the weight of 783 African elephants – was processed from kerbside collections last month, beating the previous best set last year by 111 tonnes. Continue reading
PEOPLE in East Sussex are being urged to play their part in reducing food waste this Christmas – and save themselves a few quid while they’re at it.
Across the county, food accounts for more than a third of waste in black bags, with bins bulging even more during the festive season when families come together to eat, drink and be merry. Continue reading
A MOTHER-of-two has praised the household waste site staff who saved her hundreds of pounds and days of inconvenience by trawling through a bin to fish out her car key.
Julie Stockinger, from Uckfield, feared the worse when the only key for her Saab 9-3 Estate slipped from her hand as she deposited rubbish at Maresfield Household Waste Recycling Site. Continue reading
A LANDOWNER has lost his appeal against an enforcement notice banning him from using his Ringmer farm to store and process old windows and doors.
East Sussex County Council had ordered the owner of Upper Lodge Farm to stop importing, storing and processing waste UPVC windows and doors – a practice it did not have planning permission to carry out. Continue reading
