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A magazine that keeps householders up-to-date with the latest news from Babergh District Council is doing its bit for the environment.
Babergh Matters!, which is being sent to residents across the district from the end of this week, is wrapped in a special bag made from vegetable starch that naturally bio-degrades when home composted.
The vegetable starch bags were sourced in a bid by Babergh to stop its contribution to the amount of plastic and carrier bags that are sent to landfill sites.
Tonnes of plastic bags, which do not decompose, end up in landfill at Great Blakenham. By the year 2015 the site – where all of Babergh’s black bin waste is currently buried in a huge hole in the ground – will be filled.
“Everyone is responsible for the environment and by having this bag, which breaks down naturally, Babergh is doing its bit towards helping achieve awareness of the problems faced by landfill sites,” Jonas Grist, Babergh’s Waste Strategy Technical Officer said.
“We are urging everyone to take advantage of this.”
Babergh Matters! itself is made from 100 per cent recycled fibre and can be put straight into a blue bin once it has been finished with.
The cost of the bag was part-funded by Viridor Waste Management, which operates the facility that sorts all of Babergh’s Blue Bin recyclables.
Past issues of Babergh Matters!
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