Scottish household waste recycling rate reaches 31.7%

Scotland has made a "great leap forward" in its household waste recycling rate and municipal waste growth has stopped, environment secretary Richard Lochhead has announced. According to annual figures, which were officially published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Scotland achieved a municipal recycling rate of nearly 32% for the rolling year of April 2007 to March 2008.

The best performing councils in recycling and composting were noted as Mr Lochhead's own constituency of Moray, which had a 44% composting and recycling rate, with South Ayrshire (43.1%) and Clackmannanshire (42.2%) also performing well. The lowest performers being Glasgow city council (18.1%) and the Shetland Islands (19.2%).

View Full Article 8^th October 2008

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