Once a fortnight we diligently wheel our recycling bin to the kerb, and then probably give ourselves a pat on the back while thinking of all the useful products we have helped to create, and the resources and energy we have saved. Yet it pays to think a bit more deeply about what is going into each bin. Audits of kerbside collections have shown that around 10 per cent (by volume) of the material placed
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