Nottingham City Council is calling on residents across the City to join in this year’s Recycle Now Week and recycle as much household waste as possible.

Recycle Now Week runs from Monday June 2 until Sunday June 8 and the City Council is asking residents to play their part by recycling more and improve the City’s recycling rates.

The City Council has joined forces with Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council to spread the recycling word throughout June.

Recycle Week is organised and funded by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), in partnership with the leading materials recycling organisations British Glass, Corus, Novellis, Paper Chain and Recoup.

The campaign aim is to encourage people to recycle more household waste and this year’s theme is ‘Just one more thing we can recycle’. It is a call to action and a memorable reminder to help people recycle more by adding ‘just one more thing’ to their recycling.

During the local campaign, selected areas in Sneinton, Radford, the Arboretum and other parts of the city will see the start of new kerbside collections which will enable them to recycle more household waste. For the first time food waste will be collected in selected pilot areas and the collection of glass will be extended.

Cllr Katrina Bull, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Climate Change at Nottingham City Council, said: “The Recycling Now Week is a boost for recycling locally and it is great for local authorities across the East Midlands to work together to help promote recycling. Together we will be communicating positive issues such as how recycling can help to reduce your carbon foot print, which will be supported by real, practical opportunities to recycle more, especially in Sneinton, Radford and the Arboretum areas where residents are not only being given the chance to recycle paper, tins and cans and plastic but also glass and food waste, too.”

For further information about recycling in Nottingham visit www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk or call 915 2000.