article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year, residents in the Stratford district were named as among the best recyclers in England, the Stratford Observer reported.
article_snippet.sent: According to official government figures, Stratford District Council was in the top ten councils for recycling and composting for the second year running.
article_snippet.sent: The recycling rate of just over 59 per cent for 2013/14 put
article_snippet.sent: Stratford-upon-Avon eighth out of 352 authorities nationwide.
article_snippet.sent: District spokesman Councillor Mike Brain said: 'This is great news and This's thanks to our residents that our've been able to achieve this result with our residents commitment and support for recycling. '
article_snippet.sent: The service we provide is designed to make recycling easy and we residents have responded to that by ensuring our residents recycle as much rubbish as possible and by limiting the amount of other waste that is produced. '
article_snippet.sent: It is important that residents continue to recycle and one of the reasons why we are performing so high is because more residents are regularly putting food in the green bin and the weekly collection of electric / electronic goods, textiles and batteries is still proving very popular.'