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Recycling problems? Tell us the situation in your area of the UK

A row over recycling in Green MP Caroline Lucas’s constituency of Brighton Pavilion has highlighted issues authorities face carrying out and communicating environmental policies.

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The UK has to meet an EU target of 50% recycling by 2020, but recycling company Veolia has been accused of refusing to adapt its 30-year contract to allow Brighton and Hove council to collect more plastic waste. There are claims tonnes of waste “recycled” by members of the public have ended up being incinerated.

Michael Gove, the environment secretary, has urged the council, which has a 30% recycling rate, to write to him about its concerns.

Recycling rates among local authorities in England range from 14% to 64% and the amount of all local authority waste sent for recycling fell in 2017-18 to 10.9m tonnes, a 3.5% decrease on the 11.3m tonnes in 2016-17.

We would like to hear from readers around the UK about the situation where you are.

Share your experiences

Tell us about the recycling policy and how it works – or doesn’t work – in your area using the form below. Describe any issues you have had and how these may have changed, and if you wish describe initiatives you would like to see for things to improve. We would like to know in as much detail as you can give about what can or can’t be recycled where you live.

Your responses will help us further investigate the issue around the UK and we will feature some of them in our reporting.

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