Defra unveils light touch waste strategy

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But Friends of the Earth slams 'recycled old ideas' and lack of ambition

The government unveiled its long-awaited waste strategy today, outlining ambitions to create a "zero waste economy" where the amount of waste being sent to landfill is slashed in favour of reuse, recycling...

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