Why recycle?

Londoners produce 3.4 million tonnes of rubbish a year - enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every hour. The problem is getting worse as we buy more packaged and disposable goods.

Most of London's rubbish is buried in landfill sites or burnt. Both of these have negative effects on our environment and space is fast running out to bury London's rubbish.

The amount that Londoners recycle has risen steadily in recent years - from 8 per cent of our rubbish in 2000 to over 25 per cent today, which is a great improvement. But given the fact that 60 per cent of what we throw away can be recycled, there's room for improvement. And with better services now available in every London borough, recycling has never been easier.