<div style="text-align: left;">How much do you know about </div> <div style="text-align: left;">your recycling and rubbish? </div>

Roughly how much of your council tax goes toward your bin collections?

70%

40%

27%

10%

What material is the most costly for your council to dispose of?

Glass

Household waste (black bin)

Mixed recycling (cans, plastic, paper etc.)

Food waste put in with the rubbish is OK because it just rots in the ground – true or false?

True

False

You hand some rubbish to a “man in a van” who then fly-tips it without your knowledge. Who is breaking the law?

The 'man in a van'

You

Both of you

How much does it cost to visit a household recycling centre (ie. The tip/dump?)

Free of charge

£1

£10

Where's the best place to dispose of empty cartons, such as those that contain soup, sauces and fruit juices? (Tetrapak, Elopak etc.)

Recycling bin

Rubbish bin

Recycling bank ('Carton bank')

What’s the best way to deal with rubbish?

Recycle as much as you can – the more stuff in your recycling bin, the better!

Throw everything into your black bin – it all gets sorted in the end anyway!

Try to produce as little rubbish and recycling as possible by reducing and reusing whenever you can.

According to Eunomia, out of over 120 local authorities in England, where does the Dorset Waste Partnership rank in terms of the amount of average carbon dioxide saved per person?

47th

8th

1st

Fly-tipping wasn’t a problem until charges were introduced at household recycling centres (HRCs) – true or false?

True

False

In 2006/7, Dorset sent around 130,000 tonnes of waste to landfill. How much did it send in 2016/17?

101,345 tonnes

43,721 tonnes

12,952 tonnes

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