A week long campaign begins today in the UK as an effort to tackle the rising “waste mountain” across the Kingdom. The government warned recently that residents were not doing enough in regards to safe waste disposal.
The “big recycle” as the campaign has been named, sets out to make people aware of the fact that some 60% of their household trash can be recycled. According to official figures, just 14.5% of reusable trash was recycled in 2002/2003.
Environmentalist Martin Williams put the responsibility on local councils, saying: “Local councils have done well to meet targets the government have set already but those targets haven't been ambitious by international standards."
