WHITEHALL

Screeching U-turn on waste proposals

The Government has claimed it is scrapping its ‘top-down approach’ on recycling while still ensuring ‘all homes in England recycle the same materials’.

The Government has claimed it is scrapping its ‘top-down approach' on recycling while still ensuring ‘all homes in England recycle the same materials'.

Whitehall officials had insisted they were continuing to push ahead with waste consistency plans in July, with local government sources suggesting the Government was planning for six or seven separate collections.

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