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Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds

Ending exports of unprocessed plastic waste by 2030 could create 5,400 jobs, expand domestic recycling capacity, and capture substantial economic and tax value.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

A broken system full of criminality and death': the podcast lifting the lid on what happens to the UK's rubbish

Packs of wild dogs roam around desolate wastelands; toxic chemicals spill out into the street, with corrugated metal sheets and slapdash factories scattered around. It's like a shantytown, he says. However, once he sets foot inside some of these factories, he reaches for a different cinematic comparison. This time he's thinking of the torture-horror film Saw, as he witnesses Afghan refugees working and living in conditions that he says fit the UN definition of modern-day slavery.
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