Time’s up on plastic

Zero Waste Scotland is calling on local authorities, businesses and organisations to pledge to take action on household plastics for Recycle Week.

The annual initiative, running from Monday until Sunday, September 30, aims to raise awareness of the importance of recycling.

This year, Zero Waste Scotland is calling “time’s up” on the 30,000 tonnes of plastic bottles ending up in landfill each year, when they could have been recycled.

The organisation is asking people to support the campaign by using the online partner guide with its ready for use, downloadable material.

Getting involved with the campaign is an easy way to highlight how recycling the different kinds of plastic bottles around the home, as well as the workplace right now can make a difference for future generations.

Iain Gulland, Zero Waste Scotland chief executive, said: “Recycle Week is the ideal opportunity to do more to make sure we’re recycling as much as we can.

“We all use plastic bottles in our daily routines – from shampoo and shower gel, to cleaning products – which can all be widely recycled, and it doesn’t take long to do.

“The issue of single-use plastics has been welldocumented during the last year, and we want to make sure Scots are aware that we need to take action on plastic now.

“We have seen recycling rates improve across the country but we’re still seeing too many plastic bottles end up in landfill unnecessarily.”

To download the toolkit for Recycle Week, visit www. zerowastescotland.org.uk/ Recycleweek2018toolkit