Did you know in March 2011
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10,846 tonnes of waste has been recycled or composted in Leeds, of which
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3,121 tonnes were collected at Household Waste Sorting Sites
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2,208 tonnes of garden waste has been composted from your brown bins
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2,318 tonnes of recyclable materials has been collected from your green bins/bags
The recycling rate for the year April 2010 to end March 2011 was 35.1%. This was higher than the year before, which was 31.25%.
2010/11 figures include:
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8,578 tonnes of glass
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11,003 tonnes of wood
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41,672 tonnes of garden waste and leaf fall
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25,352 tonnes of recycling collected in the green bins and bags
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982 tonnes of food waste in the Rothwell area
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332,924 tonnes of domestic waste collected in total
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614 kg of waste per household was landfilled