On another front, the mayor proposed banning Styrofoam food packaging from stores and restaurants and he called on the city to begin recycling food waste, which can be used as fertilizer or converted to energy.

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She said that local authorities in Wales now need to look at ways of recycling food waste to meet the next European target set at 15% for 2013.

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The festival raises money for Greenpeace, Oxfam and Water Aid, while Mr Eavis' other green measures include recycling food waste on the working dairy farm, meaning he has not needed to use chemical fertilisers for almost 40 years.

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Along with other efforts, there will be an increase in sidewalk recycling bins as well as new food waste composting programs, which the mayor hopes will help the city attain a 30 percent recycling rate by 2017.

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He said fortnightly collections are "hygienic and popular", provided they are "accompanied by decent recycling and weekly food waste pick-ups too".

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Bloomberg is expected to use part of his address to push initiatives that would increase the number of parking spaces for electric cars and begin recycling more plastics and food waste.

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From July, aerosols and textiles will be accepted for recycling and kitchen towels can go into the food waste bins.

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