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25/07/2013
Lowest Ever Landfill Rates Recorded
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has welcomed the fact that both household and local authority collected municipal landfill rates have decreased to their lowest levels ever at just over 50%.
The latest figures, for the period January to March 2013, both show over seven percentage point decreases compared to the same period in the previous year.
Further positive news came from an increase in the proportion of non compostable household and municipal waste sent for recycling which increased by 0.7 and 1.0 percentage points. Waste produced by householders also dropped significantly from 9,149 to 5,774 tonnes.
Minister Durkan said: "The reduction in landfill to their lowest ever levels is welcome news. This is the first time we have reached the point where as much of our waste doesn't go to landfill, as goes to landfill.
"I welcome also that the recycling rate for products that cannot be composted continue to increase. A partnership approach between Councils, householders and my Department is the only way forward to continue the good work which is still best summed up as Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
"I intend to continue to progress both the environmental and economic benefits by setting ourselves higher recycling targets to make more use of our resources and open up new business opportunities."
(CD/JP)
The latest figures, for the period January to March 2013, both show over seven percentage point decreases compared to the same period in the previous year.
Further positive news came from an increase in the proportion of non compostable household and municipal waste sent for recycling which increased by 0.7 and 1.0 percentage points. Waste produced by householders also dropped significantly from 9,149 to 5,774 tonnes.
Minister Durkan said: "The reduction in landfill to their lowest ever levels is welcome news. This is the first time we have reached the point where as much of our waste doesn't go to landfill, as goes to landfill.
"I welcome also that the recycling rate for products that cannot be composted continue to increase. A partnership approach between Councils, householders and my Department is the only way forward to continue the good work which is still best summed up as Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
"I intend to continue to progress both the environmental and economic benefits by setting ourselves higher recycling targets to make more use of our resources and open up new business opportunities."
(CD/JP)
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