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Facts about Recycling
- Each UK household produces over 1 tonne of rubbish annually, amounting to about 31 million tonnes for the UK each year.
- Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5,000 hours of television.
- On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every 7 weeks.
- Every 8 months the UK produces enough waste to fill Lake Windermere (the largest lake in England).
- In less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall.
- Rubbish collection and keeping our streets clean costs council tax payers about £1.6 billion per year.
- Nine out of ten people in England and Wales would recycle more if it was made easier.
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