budget weakens recycling targets days after report highlights coffee cup waste /

Published at 2016-03-17 15:11:17

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Campaigners criticise UK government for watering down targets on plastic packaging recycling despite recent reports showing that millions of coffee cups terminate up in landfill every yearThe government is watering down statutory plastic packaging recycling targets just days after high street coffee chains came under fire for allowing millions of coffee cups to terminate up in landfill.[br]Campaigners said the announcement - buried in the small print of the Budget on Wednesday - showed that protecting the environment is a low precedence for the government. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com