Why is Welwyn Hatfield Council encouraging recycling?
A Disposing of rubbish in landfill is a waste of valuable resources and has serious environmental impacts. Recycling as much as possible will help to reduce the need for raw materials and using landfill less will help to prevent pollution of the ground, water and air. Financial penalties introduced by the government discourage the use of landfill and recycling targets have been set for all local authorities.
