Bromley has been announced as London’s top recycling borough for the second year in a row, with almost half of household waste being recycled.

Government statistics released on February 1, 2024 by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs showed that Bromley recycled or composted 58,858 tonnes of waste in the financial year 2022/2023 which is 48.7 per cent.

In the year 2021/2022, Bromley had recycled almost 45 per cent of waste, with the remainder of the borough’s waste sent to an Energy Recovery Facility and virtually zero sent to landfill.

Councillor Will Rowlands, Executive Councillor for Environment, said: “This is yet more outstanding news and underlines out strong continued green credentials.

“A big thank you to residents who deserve the plaudits for this success as without your recycling efforts, this achievement would not have been possible.

“I also want to thank Veolia and their staff, who make recycling and waste collections in all weathers.

“We know that both minimising waste and recycling as much as possible keeps our costs down which we need to keep doing, as well as supporting the environment.

“I would strongly encourage us all to look for ways to recycle as much as we can, including our weekly food waste collection service.

“We will also look to do what we can to further improve our performance too.”

The amount of waste being disposed of in Bromley has declined by almost 6 per cent, declining by 7,500 tonnes to 121,000 tonnes in total.

The borough operates a range of recycling collection services, which includes a weekly collection of food waste and collections every other week for paper and other recyclables such as plastics, cans and glass.

Weekly collections for batteries, small electrical items and clothes also take place.