Food chain Leon teams up with Veolia for deposit return scheme recycling pilot

Michael Holder
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Restaurant chain serves up reverse recycling machine to boost plastic bottle and aluminium cans with help from Veolia

Restaurant chain Leon has teamed up with recycling specialist Veolia for a deposit return scheme trial near King's Cross station in Central London, where the two firms have unveiled a new reverse vending...

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