UK continues slow and steady progress on recycling and waste reduction

James S Murray
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Provisional figures confirm recycling rates inched up last year as levels of waste being sent to landfill plummeted 11 per cent

The UK is continuing to make progress in its efforts to boost recycling rates and reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill, according to new provisional figures released today by the Department...

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