howard mcsweeney1 wrote:
Why would DDC be given any money to encourage recycling when they have one of the best recycling records in the country?
AFAIK this goes back to the Lib Dem coalition when, as a sop to the muesli munchers, £10 million was allocated for council re-cycling promotion.
There was a very short time-frame to apply (I think there might have been an election coming up). Dover and Shepway applied and were pleasantly surprised (i.e. totally gobsmacked) to find they had been allocated £3/4 million.
Right now it's a case of use it or lose it!