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Rubbish clearance and plastic recycling
Plastic - the amount of plastic we use in the UK today is nearly as much as was used in the whole word in 1950s nd it is increasing at an alarming rate Currently just under 8 per cent of thr world's oil is used to make and processed these plastics and only around 15 per cent of them are recycled.
Councils haven't been as enthusiastic about recycling plastic as they have been about glass and paper - recycling targets are generally set by weight and plastics need to be sorted into their different types for recycling. Recycling does reduce energy consumption by two-thirds. Even with those servings it is far better to reuse plastic , whether it is for shopping bags or bottles to put home made lemonade.
Supermarkets are recognizing this with dramatic increases in their use of returnable plastic crates for transporting and displaying produce.
So next time when you going to call us for rubbish removal London make sure that you recycle as much as you can.
Julia Hailes forward by Rosie Boycott "The new green consumer guide. You can make a difference"
