WHERE DOES OUR RECYCLING GO?
Local resident and Junction Lib Dem website editor Arthur Graves wanted to find out what happens to our recycling. So he recently visited the Bywaters Recycling and Recovery Centre in Bromley-by-Bow where the recyclable waste from Islington and 6 other London boroughs is processed.
“I was highly impressed at the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations which separate everything into a large number of categories to allow effective re-use of household waste” says Arthur (pictured).
97% of everything that enters this facility is recycled in the UK with the remaining 3% recycled in the Netherlands.
The Lib Dem led council has recently increased the range of items which can be recycled which will dramatically reduce our impact on the environment. In the ten years since the Lib Dems took control of Islington Council, the level of waste recycled has increased more than tenfold (from 3% to over 35%) and Islington Council is continuously looking for ways to improve this.
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