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Recycling targets too low
Friday, 02 December 2005
recycleWednesday's Environmental Sustainability Committee heard how Summerhill Primary School in Drumchapel had been built using 20% recycled material.   And this had been achieved without any effort to do so!   In fact the report said that a figure of 27% could have been achieved without any cost to the Council.   Obviously a higher figure makes long term economic sense and means less waste going to landfill.

However, despite this encouraging report, the Council is only planning to set a target of 10% for future projects.   John Mason sits on the sub-committee and accepts there are arguments for not rushing into unrealistically high targets.   However, he said, "If 20% could be achieved without trying, and we know 27% could have been achieved at no extra cost, surely a more ambitious target than 10% should be set now.   Glasgow's record of recycling is poor and if we do not push the barriers back a bit, we are going to remain a second rate recycling city."
 

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