Recent figures regarding recycling show ONLY 9% gets recycled!
12% is burned and the remaining 79% gets put in landfills either here; but more likely sent to the global south :( which is already drowing in our waste!
How awful is this?
I looked on dorset for you recycling page for more info & it only says plastic gets sent to a depot in Wales & a whopping 90% of textile waste gets sent abroad. I emailed them for more info as to what happens once it gets to Wales, but no reply. They have since ,of course, declared a climate emergency and might take our queries as to the facts a bit more seriously!
I think the good people of Dorset, who painstakingly & conscientiously seperate their refuse & recycle in good faith, thinking they are helping the planet, deserve to know the truth as to where their rubbish ends up.
Shall we as both PS & XR put some pressure on the Council?
I also heard the programme about waste being shipped to Malaysia and it's a terrible situation. I agree that finding a way to put pressure on the County Council is key.
Recycling still has a place although we should be seeking to refuse and re-use so that recycling is the last resort. If we all keep asking questions then all the authorites wil realise that they have been rumbled.
This sorry state of affairs is totally no surprise to me. I was told by recycling workers years ago that it is a waste of the public's time to recycle because the stuff is basically just NOT recycled. This is proving the theory held by many that this is just another ploy by the greedy money moguls to keep the populace occupied with distractions and keep them quiet whilst all the corruption, cruelties and evils continue to be perpetuated.