The government is taking action in the area of waste management as part of the Climate and Nature Protection Action Plan. However, it is equally important for members of the public to make a meaningful contribution, meaning to minimise littering and to collect waste selectively, Government Spokesperson Alexandra Szentkirályi said in a video message posted on her official Facebook account on Tuesday.

In the video message filmed at the Tatabánya recycling plant, the spokesperson highlighted that the government had decided to ban single-use plastics and to introduce deposit schemes for bottles, metal cans and plastic bottles from 2021 for a reason.

In the video message, she also shows what happens to mixed household waste and selectively collected waste.

Unfortunately, around 60 per cent of mixed household waste ends up in a depository where it stays – deposited in a plastic coffin – underground indefinitely, while a significant percentage of selectively collected waste can be recycled or reused in some other form, she said.

According to her post, during her visit to the recycling plant, she also found out that only 35 per cent of mixed household waste can be recycled, while in the case of selective collection this percentage can be as high as 80 per cent.

(MTI)