CRN welcomes council’s zero waste bid

The Community Recycling Network congratulates Bath and North East Somerset Council’s long term aspiration to achieve zero waste. BNES is the first local authority in the UK to adopt the concept of zero waste.

Andy Moore, the CRN’s coordinator, says: “Many local authorities in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States have already adopted zero waste. The CRN is committed to seeing it taken up by waste authorities in this country.

“The CRN is delighted that BNES has taken up the challenge of zero waste. The council has already shown far-sightedness in its waste minimisation plans - over the past few years it has reaped the dividends of working with the community waste sector with its impressive recycling rates.”

BNES councillors decided to adopt the long-term aspiration of achieving zero waste at a full council meeting on October 25 following a recommendation by Avon Friends of the Earth which provides the council’s beacon award-winning recycling services.

The principle of zero waste maximises recycling and re-use, reduces consumption and packaging and holds that products should be designed with environmentally-friendly end-of-use in mind.

Notes for editors:

The Community Recycling Network’s aim is to promote community-based recycling as the most effective way of tackling the UK’s growing waste problem. It is a national umbrella organisation representing over 300 community recycling and sustainable waste management projects. Its members have achieved some of the highest recycling rates in the UK.

For further information:

Andy Nelmes, CRN Press Officer, (0117) 907 4368, andyn@crn.org.uk

Community Recycling Network, Trelawny House, Surrey Street, Bristol, BS2 8PS, tel: (0117) 942 0142. www.crn.org.uk.

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