Business to bear more responsibility for reducing landfill

Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, has set out plans to sort more waste, save resources and cut greenhouse gas emissions. He said too many everyday waste materials such as metal cans, wood, paper, and food end up in landfill when there is a market for them and an environmental argument for re-using and recycling them.

 

Hilary Benn visited Bywaters Materials Recovery facility in Bow where a mixture of co-mingled and separate material is processed. At Bywaters he launched the &l... (258 more words)

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