vSkips Community Aware Programme (CAP)
for the reduction of landfill by
UK Local Authorities

If you represent a Local Authority and would like to join the Community Aware Programme for the reduction of landfill please contact us.

Residents have benefitted from the services of their Local Authorities on almost all environmental issues facing them today, including Waste Management and Recycling. The vSkips Community Aware Programme (CAP) is a not-for-profit scheme which aims to further improve communication about these issues by raising awareness of important environmental challenges and the solutions Councils provide at a local level.

In addition to allowing Local Authorities to publish information about their own environmental initiatives online, vSkips CAP also enables Councils to show their support of virtual skips as a viable solution to meeting landfill reduction targets.

vSkips is committed to working closely with all UK Local Authorities in addressing the challenge of landfill reduction by encouraging the use of virtual skips and other reuse schemes. This unique, free online service has already been adopted by over 10,000 individuals and organisations in the UK. For more information about virtual skips or to add your details to the list of Local Authorities supporting vSkips please contact us.

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WRAP works in partnership to encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle more things more often. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.

Click here to view Local Authorities supporting the use of virtual skips

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NEW ! Horsham District Council

Each suitable property in Horsham district has green baskets for recyclables. One week newspaper, magazines, catalogues and brochures are collected for recycling and the following week plastic bottles, cans and aerosols are collected for recycling. Once a fortnight a brown lidded wheeled bin for garden waste and non-corrugated card is collected, this is recycled in to compost. For an online personalised calendar please visit http://www.horsham.gov.uk and type in your postcode under waste collection dates. Throughout the district there are community recycling points for mixed glass, newspaper and magazines, textiles and shoes. For a full list of community recycling points click here. For further information on all of these services click here or telephone Horsham's Customer Care team on 01403 733144

Milton Keynes Council

Milton Keynes Council owns one of the most high-tech Materials Recycling Facilities in the UK, processing over 100 000 tonnes of recyclables from Milton Keynes and beyond every year. Regular tours of the facility are provided through the council's waste education programme. The council introduced the country's first borough-wide kerbside recycling scheme in the early 1990s. Paper, card, plastic bottles, cans, foil, glass bottles and jars, drink cartons, textiles and food and garden waste contribute to the town's 35% recycling rate. All the main shopping areas across the borough have street recycling bins, with litter pickers also recycling as much as they can. The Recycling Team also offer a real nappy cash-back scheme and reduced compost bins.

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