Scottish local authorities have achieved 32 percent recycling and composting in 2007/8 exceeding its 30 percent target for 2008 and made significant progress towards increasing recycling rates. This is one of the results of a survey reported to the Scottish Government titled "Recyclate Recovery: An Analysis of Scottish Recycling Schemes 2007/08".

In winter 2008/09, Remade Scotland surveyed all 32 Scottish local authorities to gather data on recycling at both kerbside and recycling centres for the period 2007/8. Remade received a response from all local authorities of which 31 are full data sets.

The survey found that for kerbside collections, recycling centres and recycling points a total of 815,590 tonnes of recyclate were collected from 31 local authorities in 2007/8, with kerbside collections contributing 56 percent of the total, and recycling centres and points contributing 44 percent. A total of 457,708 tonnes of recyclate was collected at the kerbside in 2007/8 from a combination of dry recyclate and organic waste collection schemes. This represents an 11 percent increase from the previous year’s survey (a 10 percent increase for the Councils who completed the previous year’s survey). This increase can be attributed to a number of factors, including further roll-out of kerbside schemes, housing stock growth and the optimisation of yields from existing
schemes.

However, the survey runs in its executive summary, with challenging new goals being set by the Scottish Government and the drive towards a Zero Waste Scotland, it is essential to continue to optimise recyclate recovery from kerbside collection, recycling centres and points.

The full survey can be downloaded under remade.org.uk.

Quelle: Remade Scotland

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