Mid Suffolk residents are still streets ahead when it comes to recycling and minimising their waste.

Figures released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which measures the level of waste for each council in the UK, show that Mid Suffolk District Council is still top of the national league for the amount of dry recyclables collected.

This year, Mid Suffolk residents have even managed to improve on the 2007/08 effort, increasing the recycling rate from 34.2% to 37.1%. This now puts Mid Suffolk’s recycling rate at almost 3% in front of the other 398 authorities in the county.

Cllr Roy Barker, portfolio holder for environment said: “This is once again great news; a big thank you goes out to all our residents. We are aiming to improve these figures further for the next year and retain our place at the top of the league. The residents of our district are providing a fine example to the other districts of our county, and are helping to make Suffolk the greenest and cleanest county in the country.” 

He continued: “I would also like to thank our recycling team for spreading the message of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover throughout the district. Our message to other councils is to catch us if you can, because we want to be top again next year.”

Mid Suffolk is also fourth in the table of councils with the lowest household waste arising per head of population.

It is hoped that with the expansion of the garden waste service in Mid Suffolk it will increase our recycling figures even further. To find out more about the service and to apply for a place on the scheme, telephone Customer Service Direct on 0845 606 6045.

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Media contact:

Vicky Smy, Communications Officer, telephone: 01449 724850, email: vicky.smy@midsuffolk.gov.uk