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Recycling

Belfast currently recycles 30 per cent of its waste but this must increase to 50 per cent by 2020 to avoid heavy fines from the European Union. So, although our recycling rate has improved in recent years, we can still do more to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.

More information about recycling

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Being green
We've got lots of ideas to help you reduce, reuse and recycle your waste.