Islington Council is making a breakthrough in improving recycling services for residents with the launch of a pilot door-to-door recycling collection scheme for estates on July 4. <br><br>The pilot scheme is the first of its kind in Islington and will involve a doorstep collection from 4,436 properties in parts of the Central Street and Upper Street housing office areas, spanning approximately 100 blocks. <br><br>Residents will receive their containers on 4 July, with collections beginning on 11 July. The council will collect a wide range of materials for recycling (including newspapers, cardboard, glass, tins, cans and plastic bottles) from the doorstep on a weekly basis, provided the containers are put out for collection by 8am on collection day. Residents will be expected to keep containers indoors once they have been collected.<br><br>Councillor Bridget Fox, Executive member for sustainability, said: "Residents have told us that they want to recycle more and the council is committed to providing bigger and better recycling initiatives for Islington. <br><br>The door-to-door estates pilot is another way for our residents to help save our environment and achieve our 18% recycling target by 2006.”<br><br>The collection service will be provided by a partnership between ICSL and Islington Waste Savers and, if successful, will be rolled out to other housing estates by February 2006.<br><br>ENDS
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