Businesses have a major role in cleaning up England's polluted waterways

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Decontaminating the country's rivers and lakes requires business action - the Conservative Environment Network's Kitty Thompson explores the ways government can mobilise firms behind the push

England's rivers and lakes suffer from a toxic chemical cocktail of pollutants, with only 16 per cent in good condition. Once the countryside's arteries, our waters are now too often inhospitable places...

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