Tesco to remove all car park recycling bins
Tesco supermarkets has decided to remove recycling bins and bottle banks from their car parks in a move that will see councils lose out on millions of pounds’-worth of revenue. With some single councils collecting as much as £80,000 a year from such recycling facilities, the decision has been branded as corporate greed.
The paper, plastic and glass recycling bins that are usually situated in the supermarket’s car parks earn council credits which can be exchanged for cash payments. Tesco has now, however, written a letter to all councils asking them to remove the facilities by the beginning of May. The bins will be replaced with those of its own contractor, DS Smith.
Environment councillor for Carlisle, Ray Bloxham, said Tesco will be making millions from the new scheme while councils will struggle. He added that the move is “corporate greed”, claiming that the council made £80,000 a year from their bins in Tesco car parks.
Tesco could now make well over a million pounds as all the credits will go to the supermarket. It claims, however, that all of the money made will be pumped back into the local community to fund sports and schools programmes.
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