As a result of a new reprocessing agreement, Londoners will now be able to recycle a larger variety of their rubbish. Local authorities agreed to terms with two collection firms which will allow citizens of London to recycle things that they were unable to in the past. This comes on the heels of the report that listed London as one of the worst cities in the European Union when it came to recycling. The United Kingdom has been under fire in recent weeks for its failure to meet many of the recycling and waste management objectives outlined by the EU.
The two contracts were awarded to Greenstar Environmental and Bywaters and will last until 2014 until a new agreement can be signed with a new waste and recycling facility which is currently under construction. The deal is thought to potentially save London taxpayers over seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds every year. This is one of many measures being taken to ensure that the UK will meet the goal of reducing its landfills by fifty percent by the year 2020.
Now Londoners will be able to recycle mixed plastics for the first time including plastic bags, margarine tubs, yogurt pots, shredded paper, and wax milk cartons. The expanded service will be launched in North London over the six months.
Both the EU and the UK have set their own objectives when it comes to recycling and waste management. Industry insiders are predicting that the United Kingdom will fail to meet many of the objectives and lags behind much of Europe in these areas.
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