Coronation Street is the first British soap to make a feature of recycling bins on the set. Producers of the show have joined forces with Recycle Now, the national recycling campaign to bring the bins into Corrie’s cafe and Roy’s Rolls. Also, a green-wheeled bin for individual households will be featured in the terraced backyards, an industrial recycling bin for cardboard and paper will appear outside the ‘Underworld’ factory, and community recycling banks for food and drinks cans, clear glass bottles and jars and magazines and newspapers will be seen outside the Medical Centre.

While I’m not a Corrie watcher (although I may be tempted to give it a try just to check out the recycling facilities ), I have been known to watch the odd episode of Eastenders, and have often wondered why, if they have Recycle Now posters hanging up in Ian Beale’s caff, they don’t bother making more of an effort and including recycling bins too. I’m glad to see that there’s a soap who have taken the pains to publicise this important issue.

It remains to be seen whether the appearance of recycling bins in their favourite soap will get the Corrie watchers recycling more than ever. But in the meantime, how about the readers of BlogGreen make a feature of recycling in their homes? It’s easier than you think.