Planning Daily reports:
Britain could run out of landfill space in less than eight years' time, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.
Analysis by the LGA shows households in the UK sends more than 18.8million tonnes of rubbish to landfill every year – 2 million more tonnes than any other country in the European Union
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In a move to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill The Highland Council will be running a new 6 month trial of new waste collections in Skye and Lochalsh. During the next few weeks all residents will receive a card in the post giving details of the new service which starts on the 6th September.
The current recycling rate in The Highland Council area is currently 35% which is a massive improvement on the 2002 level of less than 5% but the target is to increase this to 40% by the end of 2010. The Scottish Government has set a target of 70% of all waste to be recycled by 2025. Similar changes to waste collections have already been adopted by 21 out of 32 Councils in Scotland. See Press Release on THC web site
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