Recycling is on the agenda as Lord De Mauley visits Gloucester
RECYCLING was high on the agenda for Lord De Mauley's visit to Gloucester on Monday.
The recently appointed parliamentary under secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) joined city MP Richard Graham for a tour of the city.
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TOUR: City MP Richard Graham and Defra minister Lord de Mauley with George Streatfeild, at the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum.
As part of his portfolio he is looking at waste management and littering.
As well as stopping off at the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, they visited the Furniture Recycling Project (FRP), the city council offices, the Redwell Centre in Matson and Robinswood Hill.
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Mr Graham said: "He was very interested to see what we are doing in Gloucester, and what plans we have going forward.
"At the FRP they are looking to recycle more white goods. They want to collect unwanted items, refurbish them and then sell them on, which sounds great and we are fully supportive of that.
"Meanwhile, they are also linking up with the Redwell Centre who are going to become a cardboard recycling point. The vans owned by the FRP will be used to transport the cardboard to and from the site.
"The idea is for schools and businesses and schools to collect their cardboard and drop it off there.
"It is all about communities working together and it is really quite exciting."
Lord de Mauley, whose family has a farming background, has been a government whip in the Lords since 2010, as well as being Government spokesman on environment, food and rural affairs issues.
He joined the Territorial Army in 1976, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 2003. He retired from the TA in 2005 and lives in Lechlade.
"The museum tour was just a stop-off," said Mr Graham.
"He had been there before and was keen to hear about their plans for the future and to give them his backing."
He added: "We also spoke about flooding and all the work we have done in the city and he was very impressed."
2 Comments
by Shireresident
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 2:16PM
“Lordy lordy who????????????????? someone no one has ever heard of gets shown round Gloucester for no apparent reason other than a bit of free and undeserved publicity for the incumbent. What has happened to this paper? are there no real reporters left and is the paper reduced to taking pappy handouts from the PR assistants of backbench MPs. Whatever happened to hard hitting investigative journalism chaps?”
by honslknjklyt
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 11:07AM
“This council has a long way to go when it comes to recycling. Other councils collect things such as Aerosol cans (such as air fresheners, hair sprays), washed tin foil and foil trays/dishes as well as corrugated card (the card that things such as bulk babywipes or furniture, electricals come in). Especially at Christmas time, this cardboard takes up a heck of a lot of room in bins and unless people drive, can be bothered or have room in their car it all goes to landfill - what a waste.”