A survey of 1,000 people has found more of us are choosing to recycle… both at home, and by using household waste recycling sites.
The survey also found:
- paper is most likely to be recycled, with 97% of residents questioned putting it into their recycling bin – that’s up 10% since 2006
- 83% of people surveyed use household waste recycling sites – that’s up more than a quarter over the last two years
- 74% of people questioned had a kerbside recycling service and of those, three quarters felt they recycled ‘all or most’ of the waste that could be recycled
- the number of people who use a kerbside service to recycle plastic has increased by nearly a third since 2006.
But there is still more we can do to reduce the amount of waste that is taken to landfill. Why not try:
- reducing food waste, by joining our Love Food Hate Waste campaign
- composting food waste at home, by using the subsidised food digestion/composting units and getting support from the County Council’s Compost Doctor service
- using the information we provide – 61% of people surveyed found this helpful in finding out how to recycle rubbish.
Councillor Matthew Lock, Lead Member for Transport and Environment, said: “Just throwing our rubbish into the bin to be taken to landfill is no longer an option as the main way of disposing of waste, so it’s really encouraging that more and more of us are choosing to recycle.
“But we still throw away far too much, and that’s why it’s important we all play our part to reduce, reuse and recycle our waste. There are loads of ways we can do that, whether it’s by composting our food waste, reusing plastic carrier bags or making smarter choices about what we buy when we go shopping.”
For more information about waste and recycling, go to our Rubbish and recycling section.
Further information
The waste awareness consultation survey was carried out by Social and Market Strategic Research (SMSR).
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