04 March 2021
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The UK is struggling to make any progress increasing the proportion of waste which is sent to be recycled
Latest DEFRA statistics on UK recycling rates put them on a par with 2017, although local authorities made some progress in diverting waste from landfill
Efforts to boost household recycling rates achieved a modest improvement through 2019, with the latest officials statistics showing an increase of 0.9 per cent on the previous year. However, the improvement...
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