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Birmingham named the least eco-friendly city in the UK

In a new study from Good Move, Birmingham has been named and shamed as the least eco-friendly city in the UK, whilst Bristol has taken the top spot. 

Cities were ranked by a variety of sustainability factors, all averaged out to produce an overall score and generate a leader board. Of the five ranking categories, Bristol came first in three. Bristol’s carbon emissions, recycling rates and gas consumption, were better than any other city in the UK. 47% of household waste is recycled or composted, at least 6% more than any other city, and Bristol was the only city to use less than 3000kw/h of gas per year. 

In second place was Edinburgh, which took the penultimate place largely due to it 49 hectares of publicly available green space, which is more than any other UK city. Interestingly, Glasgow has the second largest amount of green space with 32 hectares. 

Poor recycling and emissions dragged Birmingham to the bottom of the table however, and only 22% of the city’s waste is recycled, while only London has higher carbon emissions. London fares poorly when it comes to carbon emissions (29,709 tonnes) and gas consumption (61,546kw/h), which are both higher than the other nine major cities combined. 

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