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Scotland lags behind in kerbside packaging collectionstevenkiernan, 20 September 2007Be the first to comment on this article Only four of Scotland’s 32 local authorities offer kerbside collection of food and drinks cartons and fewer than half run schemes for HDPE and PET bottles, according to a report from Audit Scotland.
Although a quarter of Scotland's municipal waste is now recycled, compared with 7% in 2001/02, Audit Scotland said councils needed to recycle more types of waste, and extend access to hard-to-reach areas, such as tenements and rural communities. All but one of Scotland's councils now offers kerbside collection of paper waste, while 88% collect aluminium cans and 59% collect glass. HDPE bottles are collected by 47% and PET bottles by 44%, but just one collects plastic food containers. Scotland's councils currently send 1.54 million tonnes of biodegradable municipal waste to landfill, compared with an estimated 1.76 million tonnes in 1995. However, under the EU Landfill Directive, Scotland should reduce biodegradable waste sent to landfill to 75% of the 1995 level by 2010 (1.32 million tonnes), 50% of the 1995 level by 2013 (880,000 tonnes), and 35% of the 1995 level by 2020 (600,000 tonnes). Click here for Audit Scotland report. Click here for more on the EU Landfill Directive. Speak Your Mind |
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