NORTH Oxfordshire residents are being thanked for putting the right rubbish in the right bin.

Cherwell District Council supported Recycling Week this week, a campaign run by The Waste and Resources Action Programme.

Between April and August, Cherwell’s bin crews have collected 30,851 tonnes of waste and recycling. This is 10 per cent more than the same period last year.

Contamination in the blue and brown bins dropped by three per cent.

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Overall levels of recycling in the district increased by 15 per cent, the biggest increase being glass recycling.

Councillor Dan Sames, Cherwell’s lead member for clean and green said: “Putting things in the wrong bin can risk entire loads of recycling being rejected by our processing plant and creates extra work for the people whose job it is to remove contaminants by hand.

“But our latest statistics show that the majority of householders understand this. They are becoming even more diligent about doing the right thing for the environment.

"Recycling Week is a chance to celebrate this, and we will be sharing information designed to inspire people to keep improving throughout the week itself.”

Anyone who is not sure which bin to put commonly-confused materials in can look it up on Oxfordshire County Council’s Waste Wizard search tool at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wastewizard.