Taxes, responsibility, standards, and deposits: Government unveils sweeping new waste and recycling plans

James Murray
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As fresh statistics confirm UK remains well short of recycling targets, latest flurry of consultations aims to flesh out plans to overhaul UK waste and recycling regime

The government has today launched much-anticipated new proposals to revolutionise the UK's approach to waste and recycling and drive the development of a circular economy through the introduction of new...

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