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Pressure mounts on councils to recycle food waste

English councils have been urged to speed up the roll-out of food waste collections as figures reveal 1,000 tonnes a day end up in landfill.

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By Martin Ford | 20 August 2019

English councils have been urged to speed up the roll-out of food waste collections as figures reveal 1,000 tonnes a day end up in landfill.

Currently, 156 English councils – amounting to almost half the total – do not collect food from the kerbside for recycling, according to research by The Co-op supermarket.

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