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Government Failure - UK fails to reach household recycling targets

Graham Watson

12th May 2022

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The extent to which the UK has managed to achieve its own targets for recycling household waste is revealed here.

The aim was to recycle 50% of waste by 2020, something that England has singularly failed to do, with only 44% of waste being recycled in 2020. On the other hand, Wales recycled 56.5% of its household waste in the same year.

Furthermore, there are specific issues with plastic waste: the UK government has failed to introduce a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles promised in 2018, and we are still exporting around two-thirds of our plastic waste.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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