Downturn Is Crunch Time for Recycling

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COULD the recession be about to claim an unexpected victim in Britain's burgeoning recycling industry? Thousands of tonnes of paper, plastic and steel are reported to be piling up because the councils and companies that sell recycled waste have been hit by a collapse in raw material prices.

Just as prices for other commodities are falling, so the price of mixed plastic waste, for example, has dropped from [pounds]200 a tonne to almost nothing because demand from recession-hit manufacturers is down.

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Downturn Is Crunch Time for Recycling

So should we stop bothering to sort our rubbish into blue boxes? Not for a long time yet for this sto...

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