UK recycling rate slips, putting EU target in jeopardy

Michael Holder
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Despite heightened public concern about single-use plastics in recent years, UK household recycling rates fell in 2018

The UK's household recycling rate looks to be heading in the wrong direction, with the latest official statistics showing a decline in the amount of waste sent for recycling in 2018, leaving the country...

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