English recycling rates break 40 per cent barrier

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Households and councils are recycling more waste than ever, but another 10 per cent is needed to meet EU 2020 targets

England's households are recycling, reusing, or composting more than 40 per cent of their waste for the first time ever, government statistics have this week shown. Figures from Defra released yesterday...

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