In the report of our visit to the Leatherhead MRF on 24 September, we said:

“Although Mole Valley has reduced the fraction of its waste that goes to landfill, the total quantity of waste we produce is still increasing. The net effect is that Mole Valley's landfill waste has only stabilised rather than reduced in quantity.”

Steve Strickland, Mole Valley’s Recycling Officer, has since contacted us and provided the following figures for Mole Valley’s landfill waste:

Year end March 06 - 18 700 tons

Year end March 07 - 15 700 tons

Year end March 08 - 15 000 tons

The big drop in 06/07 was caused by the introduction of the green bins.  Glass recycling started in Jan 08. These figures paint a much better picture than we understood from our visit, and we are happy to provide this correction.