DoI: 'You can still recycle paper but it will be a bit harder' 

Minister stands by decision to stop collection from bring banks

The infrastructure minister says people will still be able to recycle paper on the Isle of Man but has admitted it will be ‘a bit harder for them’.

Tim Crookall’s department has decided to stop collecting the material from bring banks claiming it will save between £35,000 and £50,000 each year.

It follows a significant fall in the amount of paper being brought to the collection facilities.

There were 1400 tonnes collected in 2004 but this has now dropped to just under 200 tonnes. 

Mr Crookall told Manx Radio those that want to recycle should continue to do so:

Residents who currently dispose of their paper in bring banks are instead asked to put it in their wheelie bins to be processed at the incinerator - you can find out more HERE.