Viridor urges government to ban all plastic waste exports

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Increasing the UK plastic packaging recycling rate from 51% to 70% could save an estimated 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year
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Increasing the UK plastic packaging recycling rate from 51% to 70% could save an estimated 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year

In a new report, the waste management company sets out a series of policy recommendations for boosting plastics recycling in the UK

UK plastic waste exports should be banned, according to leading waste management company Viridor, which yesterday published a new roadmap setting out how to rapidly increase UK plastic recycling capacity....

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