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Although we could recycle 80% of our waste, we are only recycling or composting 11%.It is essential to encourage people to recycle.
It all starts with one person making an effort.
Each UK household produces over 1 tonne of rubbish annually, amounting to about 31 million tonnes for the UK each year [source: Waste Watch]
Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5,000 hours of television.[source: www.assurre.org]
On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every 7 weeks [source: Waste Watch]
Every 8 months the UK produces enough waste to fill Lake Windermere (the largest lake in England) [source: Waste Watch]
In less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall
[source: Waste Watch]
Rubbish collection and keeping our streets clean costs council tax payers about £1.6 billion per year [source: UK Gov ]
Nine out of ten people in England and Wales would recycle more if it was made easier. [source: UK Gov]
