Watford is among the ten least wasteful towns in England, according to a study.
The Bower Collective, which sells reusable and refillable household items, compared over 100 places in England to find their “wasteful scores”.
Watford ranked joint ninth with Bracknell - having produced 18 per cent less household waste per person each year than the national average (332kg).
This looked at factors such as recycling rates, household waste, and fly-tipping incidents between 2019-20 and compared them to 2014-15.
In this period Watford has seen a 2 per cent decrease in household waste and a 2 per cent increase in recycling rates.
However, there was also a 59 per cent increase in fly tipping.
London as a whole reduced their household waste by 42 per cent.
Stroud ranked as the UK’s least wasteful while Nottingham in the East Midlands was the most.
A Bower Collective survey also found that one third of people admitted that their recycling habits “could be better”.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel