Report: Wasteful EU member states should follow UK's recycling lead
Study warns many countries are lagging far behind EU target to recycle 50 per cent of waste by 2020
The UK had the fastest improvement in recycling rates in the EU between 2001 and 2010, according to a new report that warns many member states will find it extremely difficult to meet EU-mandated targets...
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