Recycling A-Z

Calderdale households produce a staggering 90,000 tonnes of household rubbish every year. This is the equivalent of 18 million bags full of rubbish! The problem is getting worse as we buy more packaged and disposable goods, and the volume of rubbish we produce is set to increase by 3% every year. Most of Calderdale’s rubbish is buried in landfill sites, yet over 60% of your domestic waste can be reused or recycled. At the moment nearly 20% of Calderdale’s rubbish is recycled. This needs to increase to 30% by 2010 to meet government targets. The only way these targets will be reached is if everyone takes part in reducing the amount of waste they produce and by recycling, reusing and composting.

Find out more with this handy guide:

Recycle for Calderdale A-Z guide [ 622kb PDF ]

Or Contact Street Care on 0845 245 7000 to request a printed copy.