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There is an EU target for the UK to recycle at least 50% of household waste by 2020. With less than 2 years to go, we\u2019ve looked at how close England is to meeting that target and revealed the best places at recycling and the areas that are letting us down!
\nOur map shows the recycling rates across the country. We\u2019ve compared the worst areas for recycling to the millennial population and political party areas to show some interesting results about who the worst recyclers are. <\/p>\n

See the full piece here: www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/recycling-rates-england<\/a><\/p>\n

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