Angus residents will have to change their attitudes and “think recycling” if the local authority is to avoid stringent landfill fines.
Council chiefs have admitted that achieving tough new government recycling targets by 2025 “will be challenging.”
However, scrutiny and audit convener Bob Spink said it is achievable if they can get the support of the Angus public and change recycling attitudes.
A 70% target has been set for all waste to be recycled by 2025 and a maximum 5% target for all waste to be sent to landfill by the same year.
Mr Spink said: “To help us meet this target we depend hugely on public support, both in their understanding of the magnitude of the task and the problems we are sure must crop up along the way, but most of all by carrying out to the best of their ability the collection regimes set out by the council.”
Mr Spink said the public needs to “think recycling” if Angus is to meet the targets by 2025.
