What have you always wanted to know about rubbish?

This month we're looking at recycling, reducing, reusing and (the lesser known fourth R) refusing. Tell us what you want to know and we'll find out

Over the last few years most of us have done a pretty good job of reducing the amount we put in the bin. According to Defra figures, household waste has fallen 12% since 2006.

The amount we recycle has risen from 11% in 2001 to an impressive 43.2% in 2012-12. Local authorities have managed to nearly halve the stuff they're sending to landfill it's fallen by 44% since 2001 and was down to 14m tonnes in 2012-3.