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17 February 2009
In response to the Local Government Association's packaging survey, Friends of the Earth's senior waste campaigner, Michael Warhurst said:
"It will come as no surprise to frustrated householders that the supermarkets are still forcing them to take home lots of packaging that they can't put in their recycling box."
"The Government must force supermarkets to cut out waste by toughening up targets for recyclable packaging - currently less than a third of plastic packaging has to be recycled."
"Councils should separate our recycling when they collect it - this will ensure that materials can easily be re-used."
"Recycling is a win-win - it saves valuable resources and reduces the demand for expensive, climate-wrecking landfills and incinerators."
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