Borough’s recycling figures down

While many of the Province’s 26 district councils saw increases in each of their public and household recycling figures, Ballymena’s statistics were down slightly on the equivalent period in 2008/9.

The findings were revealed in the Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management Statistics Annual Report for 2009/10, which was published recently.

The report includes information on municipal waste collected from household and non-household sources and the levels of recycling in Northern Ireland.

The statistics show that Ballymena had 34,661 tonnes of municipal waste over the past year, compared with 35,409 in 2008/9.

Ballymena Borough Council recycled 34.2 per cent of its municipal waste, as opposed to 35.3 in the previous 12 months.

It was a similar story with regard to household waste, with Ballymena Borough Council recycling 33.3 per cent of its household waste, as opposed to 36.2 per cent last year.