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Wales 'streets ahead on recycling'

Credit: Dave Thompson/PA

The Welsh Government says Wales remains streets ahead of the other UK nations in the amount of waste households sent to be recycled.

UK Statistics on Waste, published by Defra, show that Welsh homes recycled 54.8 per cent of their waste last year.

This compares to 44.8 per cent in England, 43.6 per cent in Northern Ireland and 41 per cent in Scotland.

Wales is the only UK nation to set statutory recycling targets and our approach is clearly paying dividends as we lead the way in the UK.

Welsh local authorities are already meeting the European target of recycling a minimum of 50 per cent by 2020.

It is important that we continue to recycle in the right way to get the economic and environmental benefits that we want to achieve for Wales.

– Carl Sergeant AM, Natural Resources Minister