Scotland Aims to Increase Recycling Rate to 40 Percent

It seems that the recycling rates in Scotland have raised yet again. This news comes as figures from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency show that the government’s target for 2008 has been met. Apparently recycling and composting rose to 35.9 percent in Scotland between October of 2008 and September of 2009. This comfortably fits into the country’s 30 percent target.

However, it now seems that the people now face the challenge of recycling up to 40 percent of their waste by the end of 2010. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s waste policy unit manager, Kenny Boag, said that it is very encouraging to see Scotland’s municipal waste recycling rate continue to rise, and the signs are good that it will continue to do so. The chances of Scotland meeting its new goal is very good. Boag added that greater challenges do lie ahead. Everyone must accept that this will require new and additional services, facilities and, most importantly, changes to everyone’s overall lifestyle. Everyone must further prevent, reuse and recycle their waste in Scotland.

The Scottish government has a long term goal of developing a zero waste society, which will see the country reuses and recycle just about everything possible. However, the government admits that it’s still a long way from this, but it’s on the right track. After all, the recycling rate in Scotland is a lot higher than most places in the world. As it stands now, people will have to do what they can to make sure that they are able to just keep up with Scotland and its high recycling rate.