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MEPs back higher recycling targets

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 25 January 2017 •
MEPs back higher recycling targets

European Parliament's environment committee votes to increase new EU recycling target to 70 per cent, with a five per cent cap on waste to landfill

MEPs on the EU's environment committee yesterday backed the adoption of more ambitious waste and recycling targets under the Circular Economy Package. The lawmakers voted to boost the municipal recycling...

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