Closed Loop Recycling's Olympic legacy leads green job creation push

Jessica Shankleman
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Dagenham-based plastic recycling plant heads flurry of green investment announcements as Air Products starts work on 50MW green gas facility in Tees Valley

A plastic-bottle recycling plant that helped London win its Olympic Games bid has today unveiled a £12m plan to double its capacity, as part of a series of government-backed announcements aiming to showcase...

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