Top record for town centre recycling with new 3,000 litre bins
April 17th 2009

South Ayrshire Council has introduced new pioneering facilities as part of its waste strategy to promote recycling on the go. Two ‘node’ recycling centres have been placed in Ayr High Street, enabling the public to separate materials such as glass or paper from rubbish that would normally be sent to landfill. Each unit holds more than 3,000l of waste.

“The Council achieved the second highest recycling rate in Scotland over the past 12 months, recycling and composting 43% of all materials,” says Councillor Peter Convery of South Ayrshire Council. “I am confident that we can build upon this success with the introduction of the node systems.”

The node is designed by Taylor. “Sharpening the focus on public place recycling is fundamental to contribute towards the National Waste Strategy for Scotland, especially the commitment to move towards zero waste,” says Dr David Gillett, business development director at Taylor. “Most of us now diligently separate our waste at home but the ethos has not successfully extended to our street scenes where nearly 30m tonnes of litter is collected year-on-year. Facilities such as the node can help.”

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