Recycling in England is to be standardised from 2026, with all homes, businesses and schools recycling the same materials. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced today: "Reforms to household and business bin collections and a crackdown on unscrupulous waste carriers will boost recycling rates and protect the environment. "Simpler recycling will help us all recycle more easily," Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said. "The government is fiddling with a system that's fundamentally broken""The government is fiddling with a system that's fundamentally broken," Nina Schrank from Greenpeace told BBC News. To make recycling simpler, there is now a list of items which all councils will have to recycle.

Source: The Times October 23, 2023 02:04 UTC