Nottinghamshire residents have been encouraged to recycle drinks cans and plastic bottles to help raise money for people who are being cared for by Nottinghamshire Hospice, Nottinghamshire County Council chairman’s chosen charity.

The money raised will be used to help those with terminal and life-limiting illnesses, their families and carers.

Throughout January, Veolia (Nottinghamshire County Council’s waste management contractor) is donating £2 for every tonne of recyclable plastic bottles and cans collected from kerbside recycling bins.

750 tonnes of plastics bottles and cans were collected in 2016, and Veolia have promised to donate an additional £500 bonus to the charity if the total reaches 1,000 tonnes in January this year.

As well as plastic bottles, empty yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and food tins can also go in the recycling bin to help raise money this New Year.

Coun John Handley, chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council, who visited Veolia’s Materials Recovery Facility in Mansfield to see how the county’s waste is sorted, said: “Nottinghamshire Hospice gives people vital support in their most difficult times.

“This campaign will help to raise funds to help them in their brilliant work supporting those with terminal and life-limiting illnesses, their families and carers. In the run up to and during Christmas, we tend to buy a lot more compared to other times of the year – so now is a good time for us all to recycle more, which will raise money for this fantastic charity.

Wayne Draycott, treatment manager, at Veolia said: “Recycling correctly is a great New Year’s resolution to pledge, and by supporting this campaign everyone will be helping us to recycle more for Nottinghamshire and raise money for this very worthwhile charity.”

To check what to recycle in Nottinghamshire there is a kerbside bin recycling guide at: www.veolia.co.uk/nottinghamshire/BinSmart

Recycling can be taken by Nottinghamshire residents to any of the county’s recycling centres – find out more at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/recycling-centres/detailsR