Liverpool needs to “get a grip” on household waste after analysis identified what is really going into the city’s purple bins.
Work is being done across Liverpool and the wider city region in a bid to develop a strategy towards reaching zero waste. A report to Liverpool Council ’s neighbourhoods select committee has identified how the city can tighten up its processes to ensure side waste being dumped alongside wheelie bins can become a thing of the past, as well as lowering contamination in recycling.
Currently, Liverpool Council spends almost £9.5m a year collecting waste across the city and an assessment has been undertaken of materials that households leave in their purple bins. The report said this work involved physically emptying the contents of the bins and sorting through the findings.
