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Why recycle?

We are consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate. Each year, in Southwark, the average household generates about one tonne of waste. Quite a lot of this waste ends up in a landfill site in East London, where the biodegradable waste generates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas - over 20 times more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide (CO2).

Recycling in the UK saves the equivalent in greenhouse gas emissions of taking 5 million cars off the roads each year.

So recycling is not just a nice idea; we are serious about climate change and we all need to support efforts to increase recycling.


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Address: 30-34 Penrose Street
London
SE17 3DW

Tel: 020 7525 2000

environment@southwark.go
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PO BOX 64529
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020 7525 5000

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