Household waste
We empty bins from more than 142,000 households a week collecting general waste and recyclables on alternate weeks. There is a major drive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and to achieve set targets we must recycle more. From July 2006 - June 2007, South Lanarkshire Council recycled or composted more than 75,000 tonnes of waste - the second highest total in Scotland. Our current recycling rate is 37% and this financial year's target is 38%.