MPs slam government's rubbish approach to business waste

James S Murray
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Committee accuses government of focusing on household waste, while offering "vague" policies for tackling the 90 per cent of waste that comes from businesses

The government is failing to tackle the business waste that makes up over 90 per cent of England's waste mountain, and is guilty of relying on "vague ambitions and rhetoric" rather than binding targets...

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