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According to a new report, if local authorities and resident improved recycling efforts, council tax bills could be reduced by millions of pounds throughout the UK.
There are householders who still insist in placing dirty nappies, food waste and even dead animals in the recycling bin, risking contamination of everything else in the container.
Consumer group Which? has released figures revealing that up to 230,000 tonnes of composting and recycling material set out by UK households in 2008 was rejected and sent to landfill, costing taxpayers more than £12 million.
Approximately five per cent of all items collected from UK households for recycling are rejected, including glass and paper, with some councils rejecting material at more than twice that rate.
Which? has said that that if residents recycled more effective, council tax bills could easily be reduced, as the cost to send rubbish to landfill is higher than the cost to recycle. The UK will spend £620 million this year sending waste to landfill.
The editor of Which.co.uk, Jess Ross, commented: “Recycling our household waste has never been easier, but more could be done by councils and by consumers to ensure that we recycle more waste more effectively. Not only will it reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, but it could even save us money on our council tax bills.”
Thanks to www.guardian.co.uk for the above quotes, for more information on this article please visit their website.
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