Recycled Packaging Sent Overseas `Could End Up In Landfill`, Warns Watchdog
(WorldNews Environment)

British packaging waste shipped overseas for recycling could actually be ending up in landfill due to inadequate checks, the Government’s spending watchdog has warned. Packaging recycling obligations require more than 7,000 firms responsible for generating waste to demonstrate that a certain amount has been recycled. But a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) criticised the Environment Agency’s oversight of the scheme in England. It also said Michael Gove’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs had not done enough to assess...