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UK – Government endorses new supermarket scheme for packaging takeback – Tesco: Winchester

Recycling gets a 21st century facelift, as Secretary of State for Environment, Margaret Beckett, unveils the first in a new era of ‘‘high tech‘‘ recycling facilities at supermarkets. The new recycling facility – built by Norwegians for the supermarket chain Tesco – promises to be faster, cleaner and more efficient …

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Japan – confidential documents recycling: flushed with success

Koudera Town, in Japan‘‘s Hyogo Prefecture, started using toilet paper recycled from discarded confidential documents, including the town‘‘s, for its town hall restrooms in late May 2004. Japan for Sustainability reports that the toilet paper is manufactured by Nishinihon Eizai Co., a Japanese paper manufacturer that has similar contracts with …

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