Commercial Waste Management

COMMERCIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT What's all the fuss about? Recycle, Recycle, Recycle! Recycling 1 bottle can do the following: Power a Power a light bulb for almost an hour computer for 25 minutes Power a colour TV for 20 minutes WASTE FACTS There is an EU target for the UK to recycle at least 50 per cent by 2020 2020 To create just 1 kilogram of consumer goods, manufacturers create 5 kilograms of waste. 米 The UK generated 200.0 million tonnes of total waste in 2012. Almost 25% of this was generated Commercial & Industrial activities. Almost 50% of the total waste that entered final treatment in the UK was recovered, with only 26.1% going to a landfill