Claim: Conservative councils recycle more of their waste than Labour councils.
Fact-check: Do Conservative councils recycle more than Labour ones? - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. in 2017/18 conservative councils in england recycled, reused or composted around 49% of their waste, compared to 36% in labour councils, based on the best available data.  research suggest that variation in recycling rates can't solely be put down to which party runs your council, though.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-04-16T00:00:00