House of Lords told of the importance of recycling by junior DEFRA minister

Answering questions in the Lords, Lord Whitty told peers that they should play their part in reducing the amount of waste going to landfill by recycling this Christmas. Lord Whitty also emphasised the important role that local authorities can play by promoting Christmas recycling campaigns.

This Christmas, many local authorities are running special campaigns to raise awareness of recycling. And the glass industry is making preparations to collect and store the extra 1000s of tonnes of glass that are expected to be received over the festive period.

As reported on letsrecycle.com yesterday the government has issued a Christmas message reiterating the importance of recycling to reduce the annual three million tonne festive waste mountain.