Whilst it is right to share best practice, one key lesson from our evidence-taking is that achieving more consistently low rates is likely to require differentiated strategies based on local need:
City Councils told us they are looking for assistance on how to achieve better recycling rates amongst flat dwellers with no cars, in places where it is hard to site a recycling centre. They have identified this demographic as one of recycling's harder-to-reach groups;viOfficial Report, NZET Committee, 11 Jan 2022, cols 38-39 (Edinburgh and Glasgow City Councils
rural and island Councils like Orkney (discussed above), Dumfries and Galloway and HighlandviiOfficial Report, NZET Commitee, 11 Jan 2022, cols 50 and 51 are looking for solutions to the problem of often having to export waste, including potentially recyclable waste or waste that could be made into fuel.