North East Lincolnshire Council says it usually sends less than 5% of household waste to landfill.
Less than 5% of household waste is usually sent to landfill North East Lincolnshire Council saysHousehold waste collected by North East Lincolnshire Council is either recycled, burned to generate electricity or sent to landfill.It thanked residents for helping the authority to increase recycling rates from 35.08% in 2020 to 39.14% in 2021.
Until last year mattresses were among the items being sent to landfill, but "now they are taken to be recycled by a company in York", a spokesperson said. More than 5,500 households use bins to recycle food waste every week compared to 4,680 in April 2020 when the council launched a pilot scheme, a spokesperson said.Image source,Recycling rates have "increased greatly since 2017/18 when they were 31.8%", the council says
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