Banbury - The number of local authorities in England providing a trade recycling service for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) has nearly doubled in the last three years, according to a recent survey by WRAP. Some 43 percent of local authorities now offer a trade recycling service compared to 23 percent in 2007 – reflecting increased demand from businesses to dispose of their waste responsibly, and recycle at work as they can at home.

The percentage of local authorities offering a residual trade waste service has also increased from 56 percent to 65 percent in the last three years, while there has been a 6 percent increase in the number providing resource efficiency advice to businesses (from 51 percent to 57 percent) in the last year. The number of authorities providing residual waste services, but not recycling services, is reducing. However, 37 percent of local authorities that provide residual trade waste collections still do not provide a recycling service.

Phillip Ward, Director of Local Government Services at WRAP said: “Recycling at home is now a way of life and people quite rightly expect to be able to continue this practice in the workplace and elsewhere. It is very encouraging to see that more local authorities are introducing recycling services to help businesses avoid sending all their waste to landfill. This increase in recycling services reflects the support authorities provide for their local businesses, by providing services that meet their needs and help them reduce landfill costs."

And he added: “There remains a gap between the percentage of authorities providing residual waste services and those providing recycling services as well and there are clearly opportunities to close this gap.”

Case studies and tips for developing trade recycling services are available on the WRAP website under wrap.org.uk.

Quelle: WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)

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