Waste minimisation and recycling
Managing the way we deal with waste, helps to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions. We will encourage more people to reduce their waste and make it easier for residents to compost or recycle.
We have drastically reduced our waste to landfill over recent years with the opening of Kent Enviropower (Energy from Waste) facility in Allington, which is geographically beneficial in reducing waste miles too. Waste sent to Allington is incinerated to produce electricity for the National Grid.
Across Kent over the last 13 years we are annually recycling and composting 43 per cent (TMBC 41.9 per cent 2018 to 2019). We to increase this to over 50 per cent in 2020 to 2021 as well as decreasing over all tonnage collected through minimisation of packaging and so on.
We are committed to increasing kerbside recycling, rerouting rounds to maximise efficiency and time spent on the road and will set tangible annual targets to reduce waste sent to landfill or incineration.