Douglas Councillor concerned recycling levels aren’t improving

A Douglas councillor is concerned there’s been little improvement in the levels of kerbside recycling in the capital.

The numbers of tonnes of paper, plastic, aluminium cans and glass collected by the Council haven’t increased significantly over the last year, according to Ritchie McNicoll.

Of all household waste disposed of by the Council, around 7 per cent is gathered from kerbside recycling, a figure councillor McNicoll has described as posing ‘a real problem’.

He’s puzzled as to why more people in Douglas aren’t using the street collection service, with it being offered to 86 per cent of households in Douglas, and collections twice a month, yet only 35 per cent of those chose to use it.