Recycling rates in East Sussex are improving, according to the latest county council figures.
The local authority says it matched, and bettered, its waste targets between April 1 2007 and March 31 2008. In fact, East Sussex County Council has already met its targets for 2010.
A third of all household waste generated across the county is n
ow being recycled. The proportion of public waste being kept out of land-fill sites has also shot up - from 32 per cent to 43 per cent in a year.
The figures come from the Waste and Minerals Annual Monitoring Report, which has just been published by the council.
It also shows a drop of more than 7,000 tonnes in the amount of public waste produced in East Sussex (from 276,700 tonnes to 269,300 tonnes).
Councillor Matthew Lock, said: "Meeting our 2010 recycling target three years early is a great achievement and reflects all the hard work that's been carried out by East Sussex County Council and our colleagues at the district and borough councils.
"For years I've been saying we need to reduce landfilling and put waste to better use – it's clear we're now making significant progress towards this."
For more information about recycling and waste reduction, go to our website, www.eastsussex.gov.uk.
