Recycling rates nationally have plateaued, with an increase of just 3% in the past four years compared with typically larger increases year-on-year previously. Why? Many councils have completed the roll-out of their core recycling services, and captured households that are willing to change behaviour and use the services on offer without too much effort. In other words, we've done the easy bit. Given local government budgetary pressures, investing in new collections systems and infrastructure has dropped down the list of priorities. So any investment needs to increase recycling and reduce the cost of disposal.
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