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UK to meet 2010 landfill directive target - but we must recycle more
8 September 2010
Commenting on a Government announcement today that the UK will meet its 2010 landfill directive target, Friends of the Earth's resource use campaigner Dr Michael Warhurst said:
"It's good to hear that the UK is on course to meet its 2010 landfill diversion target - this has largely been achieved by increasing recycling and composting.
"But we should be aiming higher. Some areas of Europe recycle almost twice as much as we do - while the UK dumps and burns £650 million worth of raw materials every year.
"If the Coalition is serious about delivering on its promise of being the greenest Government ever, it must ban the land-filling and incineration of recyclable material, which will help cut climate changing emissions and create new jobs."
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Last modified: Sep 2010
