October 13th, 2009
After the UK recently coming under fire for not reaching many recycling targets set by the EU, a new report has been released that shows that recycling packaging rates in Britain have actually doubled over the past 10 years.
The report showed that although the amount of packaging used per person has stayed about the same, the amount that is being recycled has more than doubled from the period 1998 to 2008.
A spokesperson for the Industry Council for Packaging said the new figures were well above the EU average which is great news for recycling in the UK. The council also said that everyone in Britain should be given a pat on the back due to a large part of recycling packaging is due to people getting involved in local schemes.