Leeds Liberal Democrats have accused the Labour-led Council of lacking ambition after Labour bosses announced they plan to reduce their recycling target.

Local Liberal Democrat campaigner Penny Goodman said:

Reducing and re-writing recycling targets is not how to improve sustainability and the environment in our city. Instead it shows a lack of ambition to improve.

From talking to local residents I know that people want to recycle more – residents repeatedly ask me for doorstep glass and food recycling as exists elsewhere.

Instead of playing with the numbers in reports, Labour should be taking this sort of practical action to improve recycling. Then they would not need to re-write targets, we would reach them!

Food waste and glass can be recycled in many other cities – but not Leeds.