One third of UK households now recycle, according to government figures out this week. Good news, but recycling is not as straightforward as it looks. Thousands of tons of collected recycling ends up in landfill anyway. Thousands of tons more is shipped abroad for processing overseas, as part of a little known global trade in recycled waste.
Where does your recycling really go?
Where does your recycling really go?
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Submitted by makewealthhistory on Fri, 2008-05-09 16:07. | Tags: politics | china | landfill | plastics | recycling | waste