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Introduction
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Thank you very much. Angus Council is doing really well at recycling. We are recycling
and composting almost 36% of all household waste, a fantastic achievement!
However there is still more to do. Scotland has new challenging recycling targets;
we need to recycle and compost 50% of all waste we collect by 2013 and 70% by 2025.
What this means is we need to reduce, reuse and recycle more materials more often.
Increasing the amount of waste that we reduce, reuse and recycle will reduce the amount
of waste that has to be landfilled. Landfilling waste uses up valuable space, damages the
environment and wastes resources that could have been recycled.
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The waste hierarchy
ranks the different ways
in which waste is
disposed of in order of
sustainability, or relative
environmental benefits.
The most sustainable and environmentally-friendly option is to reduce the amount of
waste produced in the first place. However, we also need to start reusing items and
increasing the amount of things that we recycle.
This guide explains all you need to know about how to reduce, reuse and recycle
in Angus.
Thank you for helping us to reduce, reuse and recycle more materials more often.