'After School' club members deliver blue recycling bags in Carmarthen

Residents on a Carmarthen estate have received a special delivery of blue recycling bags from their local after school club.
Children from the after school club at Ty Hapus Family Centre delivered a roll of blue bags to every house on the Park Hall estate.
They were joined by the council’s recycling advisors who have recently been knocking on doors in the area to encourage people to recycle as much of their rubbish as possible.
The project led to an 11% increase in recycling /composting and it is hoped householders are keeping up the good work.
Anthony Dragone from the Ty Hapus Family Centre said: “We now stock blue bags for the council so that residents can pick them up from here instead of going into town and we thought that it would be a good way to let people know.
“It was a great experience for the children and we’ve had some excellent feedback from the community too. I’ve noticed there are a lot less black bags on the estate and people are recycling more, it is easy once you start.”
The recycling advisors are part of the South West Wales Materials Efficiency project which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund, through the Welsh Government.
Executive Board Member for Technical Services Cllr Colin Evans said: “This was an excellent idea and a great way of educating young people about recycling as well as helping and encouraging the local community to recycle also.”
Last year the county recycled around 54% of its rubbish but must achieve a target of 58% by 2015/16 rising to 70% by 2025.