BUSINESSES and local councils have pledged to recycle more waste after signing up to a green club.

Kent Green Buyers Club encourages organisations to buy goods made from recycled materials by bringing together buyers and sellers across the county.

It is part of the ReMaDe Kent and Medway strategy, backed by Kent County Council, Medway council, Business Link Kent, the Kent Sustainable Business Partnership and the Brett Environment Trust, to help businesses use waste as a resource and cut the amount of rubbish dumped in landfill.

Programme manager Diana Lock hopes the club will make recycled products more widely available. She said: "Organisations are not truly recycling unless new markets

are being created for those recycled products.

"The Kent Green Buyers Club has been created to help educate both public and private sector organisations and encourage them to look at new methods of recycling."

Membership is free. Firms wishing to join are asked to sign up to a green procurement code spelling out its level of environmental commitment.

More details from Diana Lock on 01622 221919 or email diana.lock@kent.gov.uk.