The Keep Britain Tidy charity has called on councils to set higher targets of recycling 70 per cent of all waste collected by 2025, in order to keep pace with Welsh councils.
The charity has claimed councils in England should be ashamed after new figures emerged showing almost 60 per cent of waste collected by local authorities in Wales. This compares to a lower 44 per cent of councils in England, which has remained the same over the past two years.
Wales’ long-term waste strategy directs each council to a achieve a 70 per cent recycling target by 2024, or incur a financial penalty.
Richard McIlwain, Keep Britain Tidy’s deputy chief executive, said: “The success in Wales reflects very badly on the situation here in England.
“If the government is serious about getting to grips with waste then it needs to look at what has been implemented in Wales and consider whether measures such as targets for individual local authorities, streamlined and consistent recycling bins and collection frequencies, together with statutory requirements around food waste collection, could drive up the faltering recycling rate in England.”
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