♻️ Southwark’s Rubbish Record: Labour’s Recycling Fail Is Costing Us 🌍💸

Southwark’s recycling rate has stalled – and it’s local residents left picking up the pieces.

In the latest figures, just 30.5% of waste in Southwark was recycled in 2023/24 – still 5% lower than a decade ago. Despite all the flashy talk on climate and sustainability, Labour-run Southwark Council has failed year after year to turn words into action.

While they drag their feet, other councils are showing what’s possible. The top six councils for recycling in the UK are all Lib Dem-run, with rates over 60%. Here in London, three Liberal Democrat councils rank in the city’s top five – including Ed Davey’s Kingston, which is recycling almost half of all waste.

Southwark Liberal Democrats are calling for urgent action to clean up the borough:

• 🏢 More accessible recycling and food waste collections for flats and estates

• 🚫 Tougher enforcement on fly-tipping hotspots

• 📢 Better communication and education on what can actually be recycled

• 🧼 Investment in clean streets and bins that actually do the job

Lib Dem councillors say it’s time for Labour to stop dragging their heels and start delivering. The Council isn’t even close to hitting its own target of 40% recycling – and residents are fed up.

Cllr Graham Neale, Southwark Lib Dem Environment Spokesperson, put it plainly:

“If we’re serious about tackling the climate emergency, we need to be recycling far more than we are today.

With fly-tipping and litter still issues that come up on the doorstep, it couldn’t be clearer that Southwark Labour are rubbish at rubbish.”

 

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