Recycling United
LGC's campaign urging councils to improve the quality of the materials they send for recycling
Case studies
Case Study: Recycling Redbridge
Redbridge LBC operates a partially-sorted kerbside collection of recyclables from households
Case study: A flagship facility
Viridor’s most recent Materials Recycling Facility opened in July 2009 near Arundel and shares its recycling and wastes handling contract with West Sussex CC
Case study: Rochford
How a district council upped its recycling rate from less than 20% to nearly 50%
It works to reward the residents
Windsor & Maidenhead RBC has encouraged residents to recycle through a system of rewards, rather than penalties
Essex's damage limitation
A consignment of mixed waste from Essex was impounded by Indonesian authorities: in all probability the waste was destined for illegal dumping
From the Editor
Commit to recycling quality
Where councils need to collect all recyclables together, we call on them to ensure their recycling facility is sorting to a high standard
News on Recycling United
It's quality that makes a difference
The Chinese paper and plastics industries are increasingly looking to buy higher-quality recycling materials from UK local authorities
High-rise recycling success
Councils could increase recycling rates if they put more focus on high-rise and multi-occupancy homes
Recycling United: Focus on quality will cut costs
LGC launches a campaign urging councils to improve the quality of the materials they send for recycling
Opinion & Comment
Recycling campaign ends
Persuading residents to help councils improve the quality and quantity of recyclable materials will be a lengthy but vital task
Diversion is the recycling priority
Increasing recycling rates and achieving material quality are daily realities, and councils should help householders recycle a wider range of materials
Building the ‘recycling society’
Members of the Environmental Services Association, together with councils, have made a generation’s progress in only a decade to raise recycling rates to almost respectable EU levels
We need to make more effort
We send more waste to landfill than any other European Union country - why aren’t we doing better?
The choice is clear for local authorities
Local authorities have made huge strides in improving their recycling rates over the past decade - but at a cost
