3.9C Recycling

• • Recycling materials from waste products reduces the extraction of new materials and decreases consumption and the amount of waste sent to landfill. 
  • Local councils in the UK play a key role in reducing waste and ecological footprints through recycling and councils' waste collection service. 
• Keep Britain Tidy:

  • an NGO set up in 1954. In 1969 they introduced the 'tidyman' logo on bins and packaging to encourage people to dispose of litter appropriately.
  • Their campaigns encourage households to recycle and firms to reduce packaging or the proportion that can be recycled. 
• Examples of NGO's promoting recycling:

  • Keep Britain tidy
  • Winchester action on climate change