How an ambitious waste strategy could slash the EU's carbon footprint

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New report reveals how co-ordinated action to cut waste levels could create 750,000 jobs and deliver emissions savings equivalent to taking 40 per cent of cars off Europe's roads

As EU member states continue to debate the bloc's ambitious new climate and energy strategy and its potential to reshape Europe's economy over the next 15 years, officials in Brussels are quietly working...

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