UK charities warn of Christmas plastic waste mountain

Madeleine Cuff
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UK consumers set to landfill 103,000 tonnes of plastic packaging over the festive period

Christmas will bring a fresh mountain of plastic waste to the UK, charities are warning today, with more than 103,000 tonnes of plastic packaging set to be thrown out rather than recycled this year...

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