East Lothian now third best in Scotland for recycling rates

Recycling rates in East Lothian are the third highest in Scotland among its local authorities, a new report released by SEPA has shown.

Our area recycled 55.3% of its waste between January and December 2024, a rise on the figure of 53.1% recorded during the previous year.

Among the country’s 32 council areas, only Moray at 56.7% and Clackmannanshire with 57.2% had better recycling rates.

The county’s performance has seen East Lothian move up from sixth place last year to third, according to the study produced by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.

The improvement came as we moved to a three-weekly general waste collection introduced last April.

Across the whole of Scotland, the average household waste recycling rate was 44.3%.

As well as the 2.2% increase in recycling rates, SEPA found East Lothian generated less waste overall and sent a lower amount of waste to landfill.

For the full report, visit the SEPA website at  https://data.gov.scot/sepa/waste/household.html