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United Kingdom: Landfill bans could save 2.5bn a year

2013-03-27 03:39:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: Banning food, textiles, wood and plastic from landfill could save resources worth 2.5bn a year and help companies avoid 1bn of landfill costs, think-tank Green Alliance will say today. New research by the group shows that policies preventing cars and electronics being dumped in landfill have improved recycling rates significantly and advocates extending these regulations. It states that the UK recovered around a quarter of unwanted mobile phones in 2010 and that this figure is set to rise...

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