La Pouquelaye embraces new recycling trial

Tuesday 3rd August 2010, 2:56PM BST.

Debra d'Orleans, St Helier’s director of municipal services, with the new parish  recycling bags.

Debra d'Orleans, St Helier’s director of municipal services, with the new parish recycling bags.

A NEW kerbside recycling trial in St Helier has had an ‘excellent response’ with nearly half of the residents using it in the first week.

Based on a blue and red coloured bag scheme which has proved successful in Wales, the trial started at 600 La Pouquelaye homes two weeks ago and achieved a 44 per cent take-up rate on the first run.

Municipal services director Debra d’Orleans said that this was an excellent response to the first collection.

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