Recycling has become a serious business, involving league tables and heavy legislation.
Data for England from the government’s WasteDataFlow database shows that recycling rates reached 37.6% for 2008/09, which marked a 3.1% increase on the 34.5% rate achieved in 2007/08. This reflected a slowing of the increases seen in previous years. To read more about league tables…
One of the key pieces of legislation is the Landfill Directive which sets targets for member states to reduce the amount of municipal biodegradable waste sent to landfill, with targets set for 2010, 2013 and 2020. In England, this has been implemented through the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme. To read more about