BRITAIN’S RECYCLING IMPROVING COMPARED TO EUROPEAN PEERS: EUROSTAT
March 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STRENGTH of Britain's recycling sector is becoming a force to reckon with across Europe, according to the latest available comparative figures from European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat. The proportion of municipal waste recycled in the UK equalled the EU average in 2007, it says - 22%. And whilst this performance was outshone by some well-established recyclers (such as Germany - 46%; Belgium - 39%; the Netherlands - 32%; and Sweden - 37%), it is better than a range countries of similar economic development. For instance, only 16% ...
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