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Wolverhampton lags behind in recycling plastics

Park Ward residents are frustrated by the Labour controlled council's lack of action on plastic recycling. In a huge response to the Liberal Democrat's environment survey carried out in January residents told Shadow Environment Minister Chris Huhne MP and Park Ward Candidate Robin Lawrence that it was high time Wolverhampton Council began collecting plastic waste as part of the kerbside waste service. In conversation with Enterprise, the company running Wolverhampton's waste collection service, Robin Lawrence was told that residents may have to wait for a year or two before kerbside collection of plastic begins. Shocked by this delay Robin Lawrence told Focus "The Labour council really are dragging their feet on this issue. More than 90% of the residents who took part in our survey are demanding kerbside collection of plastic now. Currently I recycle my plastic waste at work in Cannock. If neighbouring authorities can organise plastic recycling why can't Wolverhampton?"