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# New cabinet member keen to make Lichfield and Burntwood top recycling area in the country
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/new-cabinet-member-keen-to-make-lichfield-and-burntwood-top-recycling-area-in-the-country/
- Published: 2022-05-23T06:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-20T19:59:43.000Z
- Description: The councillor responsible for waste collection in Lichfield and Burntwood says she hopes the area will become the top recycling location in the country.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Environment, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:11, News

The councillor responsible for waste collection in Lichfield and Burntwood says she hopes the area will become the top recycling location in the country.

Cllr Liz Little has returned to Lichfield District Council’s cabinet in the wake of Cllr Ashley Yeates’ decision to step down in the wake of the controversial roll out of new blue bags.

In a written question at a meeting of the local authority last week, opposition Labour group leader Cllr Steve Norman asked for clarity on what the aims would be.

> “I welcome Cllr Little to her new post and hope that she seeks assistance from the overview and scrutiny committee to look at ways of improving the recycling rate for Lichfield District Council.  
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> “To that end, will she consider other schemes run by more successful councils such as St Albans City and District Council that has a recycling rate of 64.2% compared to Lichfield’s 45.9%, and residual household waste of 335.50kg per household compared to Lichfield’s 528.70kg, and particularly to look at their weekly collection of kitchen waste that has contributed to this success?”  
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> Cllr Steve Norman, Lichfield District Council

Cllr Little said she was keen to set the bar high and bring the district towards the top of the recycling league table.

> “We are aware that Lichfield District Council recycling rates have decreased over the years.  
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> “We’ve got an ambitious 65% recycling rate which would make us number one in the country – the move to dual stream will help us reaching that figure.  
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> “Cllr Norman you are correct that food waste would help in the reducing of the residual rates and in time further improve the recycling rates. In fact the proposed schemes from government would mandate the collection of kitchen waste.  
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> “It has and will further be discussed whether we in fact wait for the mandating decision or whether we move to implement a food waste collection service early, I am sure scrutiny would be involved in the making of either of those decisions.”  
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> Cllr Liz Little, Lichfield District Council