Recycling

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  Zimbabwe outlaws sale of used knickers

  9 Jan 2012: Finance minister introduces law after discovering that poverty has driven people to buy secondhand underwear at flea markets

• Global hunger for plastic packaging leaves waste solution a long way off

  29 Dec 2011:

  Despite measures to increase recycling, discarded plastic packaging continues to blight Earth

• Japan streets ahead in global plastic recycling race

  29 Dec 2011:

  At 77%, country's plastic recycling rate is about twice that of the UK, and well above the 20% figure for the US

• The science of Christmas trees

  21 Dec 2011:

  Answers to some of your questions about the history and science of Christmas trees

• Charity received just £5,500 in 2009 from £1.9m trade in old shoes

  18 Dec 2011: There is good money to be earned from the Variety Club recycling bins, but the question is by whom?

• Variety Club earns less than £4.50 a year from each shoe recycling bank

  18 Dec 2011:

  European Recycling Company says it cannot pay more to the charity because margins are very small

• Vicar surprises suspected metal thief on church roof

  28 Nov 2011:

  More and more evidence piles up about the plague of metal thieving across the north

• Could 3D printing end our throwaway culture?

  17 Nov 2011:

  Charlotte Ricca-Smith: The technology has improved and simplified allowing recycled materials to be used for print purposes

• Puma aiming to produce compostable trainers and T-shirts

  13 Nov 2011:

  German sportswear manufacturer working on designs for shoes and clothing that can be buried at the bottom of the garden

• First came the plastic cork, now get ready for the paper wine bottle

  13 Nov 2011: British firm plans to turn your wine cellar green

• Summit on theft from north's church roofs

  10 Nov 2011:

  Recession has brought higher metal prices and theft into a dangerous combination

• Recycling rates in England: how does your town compare?

  4 Nov 2011:

  See what's happened to recycling rates across the country

• Recycling in England: the map

  Interactive, 4 Nov 2011:

  How does each local authority compare for recycling - which ones are best and which are worst?

• Recycling rates in England top 40% for the first time

  3 Nov 2011: Average recycling rate for English councils rose to 41.2% between April 2010 and March 2011

• Noble defends Hadrian's villa from Rome's rubbish

  1 Nov 2011:

  Actor and prince Urbano Barberini leads fight against emergency dump as capital fails to recycle 80% of its waste

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