The UK’s current recycling of those materials saves between 10-15 million tones of 〖CO〗_(2 ) equivalents per year compared to applying the current mix of landfill and incineration with energy recovery to the same materials. This is equivalent to about 10 per cent of the annual 〖CO〗_(2 )emissions from the transport sector, and equates to taking 3.5 million cars off UKroads