Dudley households told stop throwing as much rubbish away - and here's why
Households across Dudley will be urged to cut the amount of rubbish they throw away as part of a major waste review.
Council bosses are to draw up a plan for how waste services will be delivered over the coming years.
What is the plan?
Residents will be encouraged to recycle more and consider what they are throwing away.
The council is also planning to roll out recycle bins in town centres across the borough in a bid to cut the amount of rubbish going to landfill
There has also been a pledge to get tougher on fly-tippers.
The authority said it would be aiming to meet EU targets for recycling 65 per cent of waste and send no more than 10 per cent of rubbish to landfill by 2030.
The drive to cut rubbish has been taken for environmental reasons but council bosses say they also need to cut disposal costs.
A report said the waste strategy review would also 'consider the borough's long-term waste disposal options' and 'undertake a comprehensive review of available household waste and recycling collection methods and models'.
The council's view
Dudley Council's former environment boss Khurshid Ahmed said the review would not look at making changes to collections but will aim to 'educate' residents about the importance of recycling.
He said: "There are going to be new ways of working. We want to make sure people recycle more and we will be trying to do work in schools.
"People have got to be sensible and mindful of the environmental issues.
"The world should be looking at the environmental issues around waste, how we collect and recycle it for the future of our children and their children."
