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Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton

Other countries can learn from the UK’s successful shift to fortnightly bin collections

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The government has recently introduced simpler rules on recycling in England, planning to end the confusion of different types of waste being collected in different postcodes. Scotland and Northern Ireland already operate (or are updating) their own devolved recycling laws that are equivalent to England’s simpler recycling system.

This should also mean the widespread introduction of weekly food waste collections across England and more separation of waste overall.

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