{"id":782,"date":"2016-08-05T09:06:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T09:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/?p=782"},"modified":"2016-07-19T09:08:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T09:08:26","slug":"how-much-do-we-really-recycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theskipcompany.co.uk\/blog\/how-much-do-we-really-recycle\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Do We Really Recycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Recycling<\/a><\/p>\n

Recycling is a part of most homes\u2019 daily routine and our gardens and driveways are now stocked with a variety of bins to collect recyclable materials. What used to be called dumps are now recycling centres where everything recyclable is separated and accumulated for collection and recycling on a massive scale. But how much do we really recycle? What does it all translate into?<\/p>\n

Statistics suggest that in one year alone we generate seven and a half times our own body weight in waste. When considering how much material we actually throw away, and this includes materials we separate for recycling, the statistics are staggering: in glass it is 2.1 billion wine bottles; that is enough to make six stacks that would reach from the Earth to the Moon. In aluminium cans it is 2.9 billion, enough to circle the world nine times. 6.6 billion newspapers are disposed of, enough to produce when recycled nine out of every ten sold in the UK. The average dustbin per year is said to contain sufficient unreleased energy to fuel 5,000 hours of TV viewing, produce 500 baths and 3,500 showers. One tin can when recycled can save enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours. Recycling tin cans is extremely energy efficient and saves raw materials as the energy needed to make one from raw materials can make twenty recycled. It has been suggested that enough paper to equal six whole trees is thrown out by the average family every year.<\/p>\n

Clearly recycling is of huge importance as demand increases every day and resources are in turn depleted. So how well are we doing? According to Government statistics the rate of household recycling increased to 44.9 per cent in 2014. This is against an EU requirement for the country to reach a target of 50% recycling of household waste by 2020. Biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) committed to landfill disposal fell in 2013 to 9.2 million tonnes.<\/p>\n

How much each individual or family commits to recycling clearly depends upon their attitude towards the subject and the opportunities and facilities to do so. Overall, however, there is evidence that we are becoming more and more committed to recycling.<\/p>\n

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