but help is at hand for the residents of thorpe lea road.oing to get a recycling master class. and the person to do it is here, conveniently in the centre of peterborough. her name is anne hitch, and she works for recoup — a national plastic recycling charity based in the city. recoup, ideally, are here to try and make sure that the maximum amount of plastics are recycled. so that means us working with the brand owners to make sure that their packaging is simple to recycle, right through to educating consumers, which we are doing today because we hear so often that they are confused. recoup have just completed their latest survey of recycling. the good news is we're putting more plastic out for collection. last year, over 500 tonnes were collected from uk households — that's almost a 3% increase on 2016. but the average household uses nearly 500 plastic bottles a year, yet only recycles around 300 of them, meaning 200 bottles are not collected for recycling. time for anne to meet our residents to see if she can help them sort their bubble wr