The Dorset Reduction and Recycling Group (DRRG) brings together all the local authorities in Dorset, working together to promote waste reduction and recycling across the county.

The inside story

Dorset County Council is putting forward proposals to develop an integrated waste management centre in Bridport.

Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of waste on any land and is a criminal offence.

Resources for children and teachers, including fun, games, facts and figures.

Material collected for recycling is taken to one of our two recycling facilities where it is stored and bulked up before being transported to different factories and made into new products.

In Dorset we produce over 220,000 tonnes of household waste every year. That is about half a tonne, or half a car of household waste per person - the annual increase alone would cover a football pitch 3 feet deep.