How good is Frances recycling scheme? We take a look at how they dispose of their recyclable materials, for example their white goods scheme allows used items to be taken back to the shop where they were bought from to be recycled.
Spain is on the rise for the rates of recycling, this is mainly down to a single company being in charge of the whole scheme, with it's target of 50% recycling by 2020, they are heading down the right route to reach this target.
Despite being in a financial crisis, Greece's recycling efforts are slowly increasing, despite having a 91% sent to landfill 15 years ago, this has now dropped to 81% which is a massive drop. A lot of their schemes need backing from their mayor and this depends on whether it is going to be a successful scheme.
We take a different approach to our usual articles from around the world and take a closer look at the home nations. Scotland has a poor current rate of sending waste to landfill and they have a target of only 5% going to landfill by 2025, with Edinburgh's zero waste project in action it could be well in their reach.
This week we take a look at how recycling takes place in England, of course this can vary depending on what county you live in, but the majoity follow the same pattern. Englands rates are dropping and we are not on course to hit our target by 2020, this can be caused by quite a few factors, some of which are explained below.
With Wales' landfill space being full within the next 8 years there is no wonder they are the home nations highest recyclers, they have set themselves an ambitious target of being waste free by 2050 which they are well on their way to achieving. We take a look at how they are so successful and the rest of the home nations should follow their lead in priortising recycling.
Our last visit to the home nations focuses on Northern Ireland and their battle of stopping waste ending up in landfill, a programme launched by the Department of Environment In Northern Ireland called the Rethink Waste Programme to help sectors of society.
Introducing our brand new series of recycling blogs, we are going through an A-Z of countries and seeing how they recycle in that country, starting with A we look at Australia. We look at how it started and how they have had to change their methods in light of global warming and other influences. +
Belgium has the highest recycling rate in Europe and it is no fluke. The country has had a waste decree in place since 1981 which has set targets for reducing the amount of waste in households whether it be through home composting or just general recycling, these were so successful that their original goals were exceeded and more had to be set.
We head across the pond to Canada for this weeks Recycling Around the World, like most countries their landfill is almost at capacity and Canadas landfills generate 25% of their methane emmissions. A recycling scheme that was set up in the 90's allowed Canadians access to recycling facilities and this has gone strength to strength with more and more homes gaining access to these facilities.