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Christmas, the most wasteful time of the year

2013-12-17 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Christmas is a time for giving, receiving and chucking packaging and unwanted stuff in the recycling box. The UK produces nearly 300m tonnes of waste each year. It's estimated that every Christmas tree bought in the UK this year put end to end, would be the equivalent of a return trip to New York City. Combine that with the 4,500 tonnes of tin foil, the 13,350 tonnes of glass and enough wrapping paper to go round the equator nine times, and we're talking about a huge amount of rubbish and that...

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