Roadmap to boost recycling in Liverpool

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Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet is set to consider a new Recycling and Waste Strategy, which will take steps to improve recycling and waste collection across the City.

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00:00Liverpool City Council's cabinet set to consider a new recycling and waste

00:04strategy which will take steps to improve recycling and waste collection

00:08across the city. The strategy includes a new weekly separate collection for

00:12household food waste to be introduced in 2026, making Liverpool a cleaner, greener

00:17place to live and work. It follows the news that Liverpool's domestic recycling

00:21rate sits at just 17.9 percent, trailing behind the national average of 43.4

00:28percent. A major focus of the strategy is on household waste and recycling, with

00:33an aim to reduce the amount of waste produced and bring recycling rates in

00:36line with other local authorities in the country. Additionally, research has shown

00:41that of the 135,000 tons of domestic rubbish sent for incineration each year,

00:47two-thirds could be recycled elsewhere. Currently, waste disposal costs the

00:51council 27.7 million pounds annually, which could reduce by 1.6 million if the

00:57recycling rate was in line with the national average.

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