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When the new scheme was launched in October last year, the Council said it hoped to double the then annual rate of 19% and that with strong support from residents, it could push the figure beyond 40%.

Councillor Jean Fooks, Executive Member for a Cleaner City, says:

?This is only one month's figure, but we have seen a steady increase in recycling since the beginning of the year, and to achieve 40% so soon is great news.

?Once again it demonstrates that the vast majority of Oxford residents have made good use of the new recycling services we have put in place.

?Since we introduced the new scheme, residents have recycled almost 11,000 tonnes of waste that before we would have dumped unnecessarily in landfill tips.

?Our field officers and enforcement team are out day by day, doing excellent work, helping people to play as big a part in the scheme as they can.

?Their efforts are helping not only to increase the amount of recycling and to improve the quality of what we collect, but also to reduce the nuisance of overflowing bins, waste not in the containers provided and bins or boxes being left out too long.?

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