Salvage mission Britain’s big recycling problem
On the face of it, Brighton comes across as an environmentally friendly place. As well as having a Green-led council and Britain’s only Green MP, signs of waste consciousness are everywhere.
A coffee stand at the station promotes its “compostable” takeaway cups, and the steep streets nearby are dotted with big communal recycling bins. A repurposed milk float called Bianca glides from house to house, processing carefully sorted recycling boxes on behalf of the cooperative Magpie Recycling.
Under the bunting of Brighton Open Market, Green Centre volunteers hover over residents sorting their trickier-torecycle waste: rubber gloves, sweet wrappers, coffee packaging and corks. “ We are addicted to recycling,” said Melanie Rees, who runs the Green Centre. “I started this 17 years ago and it hasn’t shifted.
