Report: Household recycling saved nearly 4m tonnes of CO2 in 2014/15

Michael Holder
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Consultancy Eunomia ranks recycling performance of councils in England, Wales and NI by CO2 savings

Household recycling undertaken by local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland saved almost four million tonnes of carbon equivalent from entering the atmosphere in 2014/15, according to analysis...

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