Brighton Has One Of The Worst Recycling Record In The Country

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Despite it being the only Green Party led council across the entire country, Brighton and Hove has the one of the worst recycling records across the entire country.

Based on statistics by national body DEFRA, over the entire 2019-2020 year the amount of household waste and recyclable materials that actually made it to reuse, recycling and composting came to less than 30%.

Based on the actual figure of 29.4%, this actually comes in at severely below the national average of 45.5%, making it the worst record in the entirety of Sussex and one of the worst across the South East region.

In comparison, the nearby Horsham has 53.3%, and other towns such as Crawley and Eastbourne score similar to Brighton with percentages of 31.7% and 30.3%.

There is a sigh of relief however, as the worst scorer in the country was Barrow in Furness in the North West, coming in with a startling 18.8% score.

The biggest recycling local authority was Three Rivers based in South-West Hertfordshire, with almost two thirds of household waste having been recorded as reused or being composted and supporting the production of further resources.

The council responded by saying that they are working hard to improve the recycling numbers and look to enact positive change.

This will include investigating food waste, item collection, tech recycling schemes, and reducing the cities reliance on single use plastics.

A noted issue is the use of foreign landfill sites by many of the countries districts, however Brighton and Hove City Council states that they are keen to continue to deal with nearly all of their waste and recycling domestically, without going abroad to improve its rates or effectiveness.

They believe it is the right thing to do and so stand by their actions in ensuring that this outcome can be achieved and continue to be implemented.

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