Crouch End Councillors Welcome Increase In Recycling Service

3.16.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 20th Jul 2007

The announcement by Haringey Council that recycling services will be expanded to include three new streets in Crouch End has been welcomed by Lib Dem councillors. The increase in service will affect Gladwell Road, Drylands Road and Aubrey Road. Lib Dem councillors see this as vindication of their hard work with residents, waste management; recycling and highways officers to bring a solution to the lack of recycling service in the area.

Cllr Lyn Weber, Lib Dem Deputy Sustainability Spokesperson (Crouch End) comments:

"We very much welcome this increase in recycling service in Crouch End and is as a result of the Lib Dem work that has gone into ensuring that this problem was solved.

"The initial response from Haringey Council was to wait until a special narrow vehicle was purchased (subject to funding) in order to access the roads. We are still awaiting the purchase of this vehicle and without Lib Dem pressure to suggest the change in parking restrictions the problem would have still been there."

Cllr Dave Winskill (Crouch End) adds:

"When the residents came to us they had no full recycling collection it became clear that the reason was over parking on corners of the roads. By talking to local people and officers we were able to find a satisfactory solution.

"We only really became aware of the problem when residents approached us. We are also currently trying to get recycling made available to a new residential development in Haringey Park, Williams Close; New Road and Christopher Lodge and would love to hear from any other people in the ward who need recycling."