Thousands of tonnes of waste from county households were wrongly placed in recycling bins last year, new figures show.
Thousands of tonnes of household waste in the county was not recycled because it was wrongly places in recycling bins.
Figures from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs show an estimated 3,968 tonnes of household waste were rejected from being recycled in Shropshire after being placed in the wrong bin in the year to April 2022 – 2,454 in Telford & Wrekin, and 1,514 in the Shropshire Council area. An LGA spokesperson said households have made a"real shift" to ensure they are recycling as much as possible while councils work hard to share information on what can be recycled.
They added councils are trying to achieve net zero with “one hand tied behind their back" as manufacturers continue to produce plastic that cannot be disposed of sustainably. In Telford and Wrekin, 44,132 tonnes of household waste were recycled – 49.1 per cent of all rubbish. It was up from a recycling rate of 48.2 per cent in 2020-21.
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