WHILE facilities for recycling at home have improved greatly over recent years, it can be a real headache finding decent recycling facilities when you're out and about.
We need to change this so when people are out shopping, on the Tube or at a football match, they have somewhere to recycle their cans, bottles and paper.
This is particularly the case with plastic bottles and plastic food containers.
Public appetite for recycling is increasing but in spite of this, there is a distinct lack of special “on the go” recycling bins and poor provision of facilities for mixed plastic recycling in London.
A report from the London Assembly’s environment committee found if all of London’s plastic currently sent to landfill and incinerated was recycled, it would save around 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 per year, as well as more than £44m in costs.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, must take action to ensure London is at the forefront of the recycling industry.
Almost one million people commute into central London on an average working day and recycling should not end at home.
It is especially important "on the go" recycling is in place before London 2012 so the Olympics can stay true to their mission of a zero waste Games.
Councillor Darren Johnson
Green Party member
London Assembly
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