ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT ON COUNCIL RECYCLING RATES  

27^th June 2011 

Responding to data released today on Municipal waste management by Local Authorities in Wales, Shadow Minister for Local Government William Graham said: 

‘Local Authorities in Wales have made steady progress in increasing the percentage of municipal waste, although the size of the gulf in recycling rates between the best and worst performing Councils remains a concern’ 

‘Councils such as Merthyr and Blaenau Gwent which achieve recycling rates of 34% lag considerably behind the Wales average of 43% on key indicators for municipal waste reuse, dry recycling and composting rates must examine the policies and practice of the region’s more successful recycling authorities such as the Conservative run Monmouthshire Council which achieves a rate of 48%.’ 

See release on Recycling from Welsh Statistical Directorate: 

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/statistics/headlines/environment2011/110628/?lang=en 

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