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# Lichfield named as one of leading areas in the Midlands for recycling plastics
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-named-as-one-of-leading-areas-in-the-midlands-for-recycling-plastics/
- Published: 2019-12-04T10:09:13.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-04T10:09:24.000Z
- Description: Lichfield has named as one of the leading areas for recycling in the Midlands.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:18, News

Lichfield has named as one of the leading areas for recycling in the Midlands.

The city came third on the list for recycling plastics in a survey carried out by The Body Shop.

The table was topped by Stafford with Tamworth in second.

A spokesperson said:

> “Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental concerns of our generation, and the UK has made huge progress with 602,493 tonnes of plastic recycled between 2017 and 2018.  
>  
> “Our changing recycling habits have helped reduce over 600,000 tonnes of plastic in our landscape.  
>  
> “This plastic contribution has helped the UK to meet a household recycling rate of 43.2% in 2018, which is a staggering 32% more than we were recycling in 2000.”