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The UK generates rubbish fast enough to fill London’s Albert Hall every two hours, and landfill sites are filling up fast. As rubbish decays in landfill sites, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas with climate change effects over 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
The good news is that recycling has doubled over the last four years. Some examples of how waste could be cut further include:
• producing, transporting and consuming food and drink causes a third of greenhouse gas emissions; but large amounts go in the bin – UK households spend an average of £424 a year on food that gets thrown away
• the average household wastes a tenth of their electricity bills by leaving appliances on standby – across the UK this is equivalent to the annual output of two power stations, wasting fossil fuels and causing climate change
• 5bn aluminium cans are sold in the UK every year, and many still go into landfill; although this metal is plentiful, it needs a great deal of electricity to produce – the same energy is needed to produce a new can as is needed to produce 20 cans from recycled materials
• the UK produces 3m tonnes of plastic waste each year, most of which is put in landfill – recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for six hours
Do your part and start using recycled products in place of your normal wasteful products. Click here for products that can save energy by reducing your electricity usage.
