According to the latest recycling figures to come out of one of Scotland’s biggest cities, Edinburgh it has been found one in five local residents are still putting their rubbish in the bin for it to end up at landfill.

The thing that is more worrying after many years of information campaigns and messages on recycling is that the younger generation have been found to be the worst culprits. This is extremely surprising as young people are commonly associated with an understanding of green issues.

A local council report in Edinburgh found that 28% of people aged 18 to 29 don’t recycle their waste at all. This maybe due to the fact that they feel that at that age they have much more fun things to do with their time.

Edinburgh has recently revealed plans to start kerbside pick-ups for plastic to try and help boot recycling rates. More recycling services will also start in the city in the coming years in order to help meet tough targets.

Within 15 years every local authority in the country must be recycling 70% of waste and cut the amount going to landfill by 5%. If local councils don’t hit these targets then financial penalties will be imposed which will be bad news for everyone who pays council tax.

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