Published: 16 March 2024
The district is now amongst the top 10% of council areas nationally.
Mid Devon has achieved a recycling rate of 55.4% for 2022/23, jumping 16 places since 2021/22 and becoming the second-best performing district in the county. It has not only improved its recycling rate; the amount of residual waste in the district has also reduced by 21kg per person since 2021/22, which puts it 15th out of 210 local authorities.