Each household in the UK produces over 1 tonne of rubbish annually! That is the same weight as an average family car.

Only 14% of the UK's household waste is recycled or composted, 9% is incinerated and 77% of it goes to landfill.

Every year UK households throw away the equivalent of 3 ½ million double-decker buses filled with rubbish, a queue of which would stretch from London to Sydney, (Australia) and back. Source:www.wasteonline.org.uk

Every year each person produces packaging waste weighing more than four times their luggage allowance on a jumbo jet.
Source:www.wasteonline.org.uk

Over Christmas as much as 83km2 of wrapping paper will end up in UK rubbish bins, enough to cover an area larger than Guernsey.
Source:www.wastewatch.org.uk

The energy saved by recycling one glass bottle will power a computer for 25 minutes.
Source: www.britglass.co.uk

Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5000 hours of television.
Source:www.assure.org

By recycling one tonne of paper, enough electricity is saved to power an average three bedroom house for one year.