Everyone plays an important part in helping to meet the tough targets for reducing waste and recycling more.  There are both national and local targets for recycling and waste reduction.

The European Landfill Directive requires the disposal of biodegradable municipal waste to land to be progressively reduced.  In the UK the biodegradable waste we landfill must be reduced to 35% of 1995 levels by the year 2020.

The UK waste strategy 2000 sets out a target of recycling or composting 33% of household waste by the year 2015.

In Hastings our targets for recycling are:
18% for 2005/06
30% by 2010
33% by 2015

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