In today’s society, recycling is being pushed amongst houses, offices and businesses. New strategies are being put in place to help the environment and to lower the negative effects landfill sites cause.
While we all know recycling is beneficial to the environment and can cut costs, there are many facts about waste and recycling that we are unaware of.
Did You Know?
- The average household in the UK produces more than one tonne of waste each year.
- Every year 18 million tonnes of waste is sent to landfill in the UK.
- In seven weeks, the average person is believed to throw out their own body weight in waste.
- Over a half of the waste that ends up in a dustbin should have been recycled.
- Around 16% of all the total cost of products you buy is spent on the packaging, most of which ends up in the bin.
- A large percentage of vehicle parts (80%) can be recycled.
- The process of recycling and reusing aluminium cans takes just six weeks.
- A typical family within the UK will use an average of 500 glass items such as jars and bottles each year.
- The UK’s average recycling rate is around 45% whereas Germany’s recycling rate is just over 60%.
- Recycling paper will produce around 70% less air pollution than if it were to be made from raw materials.
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Source: recyclingbins.co.uk and recycling-guide.org.uk