Next stop: Edinburgh!

Scotland’s capital city was the next stop in my tour across the country as I unpacked my trunk at the National Galleries of Scotland.

I was joined by five pupils from the city’s Royal Mile Primary School: Mohamed Osman, Sakina Rana, Aji Dado, James Taylor and Dominika Starosta.

In the last five years, people in Edinburgh have started to recycle more and recycle more often. Recycling rates have jumped from 21.62% in 2005/06 to 30.15% last year, and the city is on track to meet a target of 32.35% this year.

Last year, people in the city recycled enough paper to fill 10 Commenwealth swimming pools – 3145 tonnes! – and 2177 tonnes of packaging, or the equivalent of 77 million one-litre milk bottles.

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You can find more information on where to recycle near you at www.sort-it.org.uk