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Free papers’ owners agree they must clean up their act
THE publishers of the London Lite and the Londonpaper have agreed to help clear up the mess of discarded papers in the West End.
Associated Newspapers and NI Free Newspapers Ltd will pay for and install around 40 recycling bins and recycle the contents.
Regular litter collections will also be carried out by the newspapers in Charing Cross and Embankment, Leicester Square and Charing Cross Road, Oxford Circus and Victoria station.
Councillor Alan Bradley, Westminster Council’s lead member for environment, said: “There are some details we need to finalise, but I look forward to all parties working together to ensure Westminster’s streets are kept clean and as much waste newspaper as possible is recycled.”
The agreement follows a vote last month by the council’s cabinet agreeing to invoke powers under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 if a voluntary arrangement could not be reached.
The new regime is expected to take effect later this year.
The council claim discarded newspapers account for a quarter of all street waste in the West End and, as it is contaminated with other litter, is not able to be recycled. |
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