Welcome to the 65% Plus website
Peterborough is a leading recycler among local authorities and aims to be the environment capital in the UK.
We are proud of our residents and their commitment to recycling. This partnership with the city council has made Peterborough a leading recycler.
Peterborough residents achieved an impressive 48 per cent recycling rate in 2008/2009.
So thank you to all.
The 65% Plus initiative reflects Peterborough City Council’s commitment to recycle, compost or recover more than 65 per cent of discarded household and garden materials and to use the remaining materials as a fuel to generate electricity and heat for local use.
This website describes how the 65% Plus initiative works and what you can do to help ensure that Peterborough achieves more than 65 per cent recycling by 2020.
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To send us your views on 65% Plus or share your recycling tips, please contact us.
Latest 65% Plus news
Peterborough announces shortlisted bidders for waste tenders
Peterborough City Council on Thursday 7 January 2010 announced its shortlist of bidders for the provision of an energy-from-waste facility, improved materials recycling facility and various operational services currently carried out by Peterborough City Services.
View the proposals
Planning permission was granted in April 2009 for an improved materials recycling facility. An application for an energy-from-waste plant that will use non-recycled municipal waste as a fuel to generate renewable energy was approved on 24 November 2009. The applications can be downloaded here. More information is also available at Peterborough City Council's customer service centre, Bayard Place, Broadway, Peterborough.
