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Call to ban recycling boxes on safety grounds
Councils should stop using boxes for recycling because of the risk of injury to refuse workers who have to handle them, safety experts have said.
Industry to revisit people in bins campaign
A new industry campaign to prevent rough sleepers being killed or injured if they sleep in waste bins is set to launch in the new year, after a previous Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) and Biffa campaign stalled.
News review of 2018
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