Case Study
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%
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
Taking a different view of waste
Will market forces assume more importance as waste comes to be seen as a resource rather than a nuisance?
We need to make more effort
We send more waste to landfill than any other European Union country - why aren’t we doing better?
Getting out the recycling message
LGC Campaign: Effective publicity is a crucial tool in tackling waste
News
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
Sponsor
Enterprise - why we back the campaign
Successful recycling services have to be clear, consistent and reliable. Includes case studies….
Campaign Conclusion
Recycling campaign ends
Persuading residents to help councils improve the quality and quantity of recyclable materials will be a lengthy but vital task
Campaign Points
Recycling united - campaign action points
Share your case studies, show your support for our campaign - or tell us why you disagree
Leader
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
