“Councils are playing their part when it comes to improving recycling rates with our waste collection services diverting millions of tonnes of waste from landfill every year."
Responding to the latest UK statistics on waste published today by the Government, Cllr Martin Tett, Environment spokesman for the Local Government Association, said:
“Councils are playing their part when it comes to improving recycling rates with our waste collection services diverting millions of tonnes of waste from landfill every year.
“But there is more to be done to boost recycling to reach national targets and even higher standards. For this to happen, businesses and manufacturers need to build waste reduction and the reuse of packaging into their operations, and we were pleased to see these measures included in the recent Waste and Resources strategy.
“With councils in England facing an overall funding gap of £8 billion by 2025, it is also vital that the Spending Review fully funds the local services our communities rely on, like waste and recycling.”
Notes to editors
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Spending Review 2019
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