During a North East Regional CIWM centre meeting, regional sales executives, Stuart Lampard and David Elliott, presented a paper on waste minimisation and recycling initiatives.  Plastic Omnium were then approached by Barry Scott and Steve Reynolds from Scarborough Council, who were looking for a medium to collect two separate waste streams, within the same container.  The waste streams to be collected from households were paper/newsprint and metal cans/plastic bottles and a number of different options were discussed, including Plastic Omnium’s split 180 litre and 260 litre units. However, it was finally agreed that a 180 litre with a 35 litre modular bin, which fits inside the wheeled container, would be the best solution.  The trial would be for over 5,000 households and the units would be collected every fortnight starting in February/March 2003.  Road shows and public meetings were held in the participating area and the feedback from these events was all very positive. The residents liked the idea of having a smaller bin within a bin, thus not cluttering up their houses with boxes or having numerous wheeled bins outside their properties. With Plastic Omnium’s ability to have the lids of their wheeled containers hot foil stamped, Scarborough Borough Council decided to have instructions placed on the lids as a constant reminder to householders of which waste items should be placed in each container.  

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