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New Research commissioned by DEFRA last month has raised concerns, after the results showed that even though green waste being thrown into the rubbish bin has fallen, so to has the amount going into home composting and CA sites.

DEFRA’s report on household waste arising’s in 2007 showed that 46% of households use civic amenity sites, with garden waste continuing to be the largest category of waste deposited. It also found that since 2005, the proportion of garden waste has declined, mainly due to the increase in kerbside collections.

Overall it was found that kerbside collections are now responsible for 25% of all composted waste, with home composting responsible for 40.9% of composted waste. Out of all composted waste in 2007, garden waste represented 65.9%, compared to 32.1% of kitchen waste and 2% of paper waste.

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