Green Budget 2012: Government must ensure packaging targets are not a wasted opportunity

Will Nichols
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Waste companies welcome higher ambition, but warn greater investment in reprocessing is needed to achieve new goals

George Osborne's move to introduce more ambitious recycling targets in yesterday's Budget has been praised by the industry, but experts warned of a need for greater recycling capacity if the new goals...

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