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Recycling scheme sessions

Chris Cope

10 April 2018 09:21

A NUMBER of information sessions will be held across Shetland over the next couple of months to explain more about how the isles’ new recycling scheme will work.

Drop-in events will take place from Unst to Dunrossness in April and May ahead of Shetland Islands Council implementing the new scheme in July, with staff on hand to answer any questions.

The project, which will see residents be given two new wheelie bins for recyclable rubbish, has already kicked off in Brae and Muckle Roe as a pilot and the feedback has so far largely been positive.

The first event will be held at the Ollaberry Hall on 30 April, with the final session taking place at the Staney Hill Hall in Lerwick on 31 May.

The new scheme was approved by councillors last year in a bid to improve Shetland’s poor recycling rate of just nine per cent as the Scottish Government imposes more stringent targets.

Residents will receive a bin with a blue lid for paper, card and cardboard, and one with a grey lid for cans, cartons and plastic bottles. Non-recyclable waste will be collected every two weeks, while one recycling bin will be collected a fortnight.

The full list of meetings is as follows:

Monday 30 April
• Ollaberry Hall, 6.30pm-8pm

Tuesday 1 May
• Burra Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm
• Mossbank Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm

Wednesday 2 May
• Fetlar Hall, 6pm-7.15pm

Thursday 3 May
• Scalloway Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm

Monday 7 May
• Dunrossness Hall, 7.30pm-9pm

Tuesday 8 May
• Baltasound Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm

Wednesday 9 May
• Aith Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm

Thursday 10 May
• Sound Public Hall, Lerwick, 6pm-9pm

Monday 14 May
• Carnegie Hall, Sandwick, 7.30pm-9pm
• South Nesting Public Hall, 7.30pm-9pm

Tuesday 15 May
• Gulberwick Community Hall, 6.30pm-8pm
• Symbister Public Hall, 7.30pm-9pm

Wednesday 16 May
• Skeld Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm

Thursday 17 May
• Tingwall Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm
• Voe Public Hall, 6.30pm-8pm

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