- Reference: 2015/0043
- Question by: Jenny Jones
- Meeting date: 21 January 2015
With reference to your answer to my question 2014/5033 you stated that the significant falls in recycling rates among the Western Riverside Waste Authority boroughs were down to "higher than normal contamination levels" at the material recycling facility at Smugglers Way and you were "satisfied this is a short term problem that once resolved will see the Riverside boroughs' recycling rates rise again". Clearly this is not a short term problem, and it is difficult to believe that a temporary contamination occurrence can account for the scale of the deterioration in household recycling rates. This is a problem that goes...
