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Plans submitted for UK's largest nappy recycling plant

16 September 2015 •

Knowaste says proposed site to recycle nappies and other hygiene products could be the first of many

Recycling specialist Knowaste has submitted a planning application to build the UK's largest facility for recycling nappies and other hygiene products at a site in Hayes, west London. Knowaste was the...

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