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Less rubbish than before: UK improves recycling rates

 

Published 3/16/2009 at The most recent articles from BusinessGreen

Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Monday 16 March 2009 at 17:04:00 But new EU figures show the UK is still lagging behind continental neighbours The amount of rubbish being sent for recycling has almost doubled over the last five years with 33.8 million tonnes being recycled since 2003, according to figures released today by... (link)

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