A study carried out by the local authority’s refuse collection team found that two-thirds of the waste in black/green non-recyclable waste bins could have been recycled.
South Lanarkshire Council is urging residents to recycle as recent research shows that 66 per cent of waste was not disposed of correctly.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7. He said: “Recycling has become such an important everyday household task that many of us, without realising it, now fail to put everything that we can in our blue, grey or burgundy bins.
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