Councillor Duffy was commenting on figures released by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs which showed that recycling rates from July to September 2017 increased from 48.4% in the same period in 2016, to 51.5% in 2017.
“Increases in household recycling rates are welcome and will result in much needed environmental improvements.
“We should continue to focus on building a culture of recycling which includes learning from best practice, developing the right infrastructure, incentives and public awareness campaigns.
“I would continue to encourage everyone in the Derry and Strabane Council area to reuse, reduce and recycle and hopefully next year we will be setting a new waste recycling record,” she added.