A waste recycling scheme for shops and businesses in west Oxfordshire is to be extended.

Since it was launched last June the scheme has stopped 130 tonnes of cardboard and glass from going to landfill sites.

With 120 customers signed up so far, West Oxfordshire District Council is hoping to recruit more by freezing costs and collecting more waste materials.

Customers including pubs, restaurants and factories have the choice of four different sizes of waste collection bin, which are emptied on Saturdays.

Zoe Wright, manager of Usborne Publishing archive store in Stanton Harcourt, said: "All our waste cardboard used to go in with the rubbish for landfill and we were feeling very guilty about it. The recycling service is just the job as it helps us honour our commitment to be as green as we can."

David Harvey, cabinet member for the environment, said: "The overall viability of our commercial waste collection service will be reviewed in spring 2009. In the meantime we are exploring opportunities to offer commercial customers an enhanced service to collect a wider variety of waste materials for recycling."

The council trialed a glass scheme for pubs where brewers are now reluctant to take back empty bottles.

Tom Gee, of the Clanfield Tavern, said: "I'm glad we now have an alternative to throwing empty bottles into our wheelie bin."

The council brought in the scheme following a survey that showed that 93% of the firms contacted would rather recycle their waste than send it to landfill.

Weekly costs are to stay the same for the coming year, ranging from £3.15 for a 240 litre bin to £8.90 for 1,100 litres. Normal waste collection charges cost more.

In addition, cardboard recycling for traders at Witney Market was introduced last October with collections every Thursday. They could also be extended to other West Oxfordshire markets in due course.