Is a nationwide recycling system framework the panacea for England's struggling recycling sector?

Michael Holder
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WRAP has unveiled guidelines to improve consistency of England's recycling collections, but will it be enough to boost recycling rates?

More than a year in the works and widely welcomed by the recycling and manufacturing industries, a blueprint setting out a road towards a greater consistency of English household recycling collection systems...

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