THE DEVELOPMENT OF BATH'S GREEN BOX RECYCLING SYSTEM.

I More people recycle when they have containers for kerbside collections from their homes. However, collection bank services are more common in the UK because of the lower costs involved. In Bath, a new approach to kerbside collections has been developed, with costs comparable to highdensity bank schemes and without the expense of a materials reclamation facility for post-collection sorting. This Paper describes Bath's Green Box system, and ,-the series of trials which led to its development.*