During my research I came across an
interesting article from the Daily Mail, written by Steve Doughty and Published
on the 9th February 2013.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275963/Recycling-Millions-tons-end-landfill-officials-admit-success-exaggerated.html
- "Millions
of tons of rubbish: Waste carefully sorted by families for recycling has been
buried in landfill as officials admitted that much of the wast councils claim
to have recycled is turned away by depots."
- "The
survey, conducted by the Defra-financed Waste and Resources Action Programme,
found that on average more than 18 per cent of mixed plastic sent to
reprocessing plants cannot be recycled.
For mixed
paper the figure is 15 per cent; for card and plastic bottles 12 per cent; and
for newspapers and magazines 10 per cent."
I believe that this quote damages the faith the public have in the recycling process, and also effect progress. This could lead a negative attitude as time spent collecting and organising items for recycling is ending up in landfills anyway.
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