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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.