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Town all set to be tops for recycling

Improving - how the Leader carried the story in October last year.

By Steve Graves WREXHAM has defied the odds to jump from one of the worst Welsh counties for recycling to one of the best.

Council chiefs are celebrating after the county's green credentials were confirmed, with news that recycling rates have increased tenfold in the past five years.

2006/07 figures submitted to the Welsh Assembly show that just over 30 per cent of all kerbside collections was recycled or composted rather than sent straight to landfill.

If the figures are confirmed, it will mean Wrexham is well on its way to meeting its 2010 target of recycling 40 per cent of household waste.

It marks a dramatic upturn in the situation across the county borough. In October, the Leader reported on an official Assembly report which named Wrexham the second worst in the country.

At the time, lead member for waste and environment Cllr Mark Pritchard vowed that despite the figure at the time, the situation was improving fast.

Cllr Pritchard said he was delighted to see the figures bearing out his promise, and paid tribute to the people of Wrexham for helping to make it happen by supporting the Recycle with Michael scheme.

According to Cllr Pritchard, the planned multi-million pound recycling centre on Wrexham Industrial Estate would give a further boost.

He said: "This is excellent news and it is entirely down to the householders of Wrexham who have supported us so well in our efforts to recycle.

"Everyone can be proud of themselves and look forward to even higher rates if planning permission is given for the new materials resource centre on the Industrial Estate. By recycling we are also improving the environment for everyone."

The Welsh Assembly's target for recycling in 2007 is 27 per cent, which will have been surpassed by Wrexham if the figures are confirmed.

Council leader Aled Roberts said: "Wrexham Council committed itself to improving recycling and by pursuing every avenue available to us to fund recycling facilities we have achieved this tenfold increase."

"Very few households are not on the recycling scheme and every household in the county borough can access a neighbourhood recycling centre".