Stats and Facts
Recycling Information
General Recycling
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Each UK household produces over 1 tonne of rubbish annually, amounting to about 31 million tonnes for the UK each year |
[source: Waste Watch.] |
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Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5,000 hours of television. |
[source: www.assurre.org.] |
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On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every 7 weeks |
[source: Waste Watch.] |
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Every 8 months the UK produces enough waste to fill Windermere (the largest lake in England) |
[source: Waste Watch.] |
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In less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall |
[source: Waste Watch.] |
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Rubbish collection and keeping our streets clean costs council tax payers across the UK about £1.6 billion per year |
[source: UK Gov.] |
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