Did you know that some 60% of the stuff in the landfill bin could be recycled? Overall this is costing the council roughly £3.5 million a year – nearly the equivalent of the forthcoming council tax increase.

Landfill is twice as expensive as recycling. And after 2021 landfill is no longer an option.

Food waste presents an easy win. Currently a mere 32% of food waste is put out for recycling. The rest goes to landfill. Money wasted.

Council officers are working on how recycling can be encouraged. As part of that work there is a survey on the council website. So far more than 2800 have completed the survey. It closes on Wednesday 28 February.

To take part in the on-line survey see: http://bit.ly/AbshireRecyclingSurvey 

Please help.

Aberdeenshire’s landfill site at Stoneyhill near Peterhead