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Is the UK building too many waste treatment plants?

The row over waste treatment capacity rumbles on
The row over waste treatment capacity rumbles on
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The waste industry is near-unanimous that UK will continue to lack requisite capacity to turn household rubbish into energy, but one consultancy is convinced the opposite is the case

It is a row that refuses to die down, with plenty of trash-talking on both sides. The majority of the waste and recycling industry asserts the UK needs to build more facilities to turn the mountain...

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