WRAP say recyling is the best waste disposal method

• Mar. 17 by Jessica Dutton (1)

New studies into waste management methods show that recycling is still the best method to dispose of waste, amidst a call for better recycling facilities.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme tested seven different materials; biopolymers, paper and cardboard, plastics, food, textiles, garden cuttings, and wood but they found that recycling is best.

They then called for better recycling facilities after claims that homeowner’s feel they are wasting their time recycling.

The other disposal methods researched were incineration, composting, recycling, and landfill measured in terms of water use, greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and other resource use.

Currently in Birmingham there are no sufficient recycling facilities for residents living in flats.

This is both a personal and work issue for Phil Burrows from Birmingham Friends of The Earth.

‘I live in a flat, and currently there are no recycling facilities for residents. We are pressing the council for recycling collection for flats.’