How businesses can avoid the not so great "Recycling Con Trick"

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Waste industry hits back at Daily Mail's accusations recycling is being illegally dumped overseas with advice on how to tackle illegal waste

The Daily Mail's increasingly vociferous campaign against the green economy opened up another front last Saturday with a front page splash purportedly uncovering the "Great Recycling Con Trick". Much to...

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