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Gone to waste: how the UK burns money by dumping and incinerating resources
The UK is throwing away over £650 million every year by dumping and incinerating waste which, if recycled, could save 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually - equivalent to taking around six million cars off the roads - a new report by Friends of the Earth shows.
Research by the green campaign group reveals that if material currently being landfilled or incinerated was recycled instead, it would slash emissions, reduce the need to import materials from abroad, and create new UK green jobs across the waste management industry.
Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to ... |
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Plastic bottle collection hits 39 per cent
Almost 40 per cent of plastic bottles were collected for recycling in the UK in 2008, increasing tonnages by 19 per cent on the previous year.
In its annual survey, plastic recycling charity Recoup found that 216,067 tonnes of plastics packaging were collected for recycling out of an estimated 557,000 tonnes entering the household waste stream, equalling a 39 per cent recycling rate.
Plastic bottle and non-bottle plastic collected for recycling totalled 238,000 tonnes.
Recoup chief executive officer John Simmons said: “In 2008 approximately 40 per cent of plastic bottles from the ... |
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