{"id":187443,"date":"2025-10-09T06:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187443\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T06:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:48:05","slug":"glass-recycling-begins-after-fire-delayed-scheme-in-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187443\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass recycling begins after fire delayed scheme in Bedford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The authority said it had worked closely with contractors to &#8220;ensure that the necessary infrastructure is fully in place to manage the expected increase in recycled glass tonnage effectively&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A glass collection pilot scheme, which began in May 2024 and expanded to other parts of the borough that December, led &#8220;to increased recycling rates&#8221;, the council said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nicola Gribble, an independent councillor at the authority and portfolio holder for environment, said: &#8220;The strong response to our trial proves that residents want to recycle more glass, and making this part of regular collections is a straightforward way to help our environment and reduce waste.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The authority said it had worked closely with contractors to &#8220;ensure that the necessary infrastructure is fully in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-187443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}