Why recycle?

• Composting is a great way to keep your garden waste out of landfill sites and to return something to Mother Nature.
• A Landfill Tax is charged on all waste sent to landfill and this is set to rise dramatically by 2010. Each tonne of garden waste collected for composting avoids Landfill Tax that would have been charged had the waste gone to landfill. All of the costs of waste disposal and the impact of the Landfill Tax are reflected in your annual Council Tax bills
• Local Authorities have been set recycling targets. Surrey Heath Borough Council’s target is to recycle and compost 30% of waste by 2006/2007. Both garden waste and other recyclables count towards the recycling target, and green waste is already playing an important part.