Recycling helps the environment by reducing waste going to landfill and incineration.
If all the Yellow Pages recycled by the capital's residents last year were placed end to end, they would stretch 250 miles - further than the 200 mile length of the River Thames. The survey also showed that 88 per cent of people across the UK say they now do some recycling, with a quarter claiming to recycle everything they can. The Yellow Pages National Recycling Survey was carried out for Yell by FDS international between 14-28 October 2000. See further details of what is being done by the Greater London Authority and others about waste and recycling .