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Recycling
It's not that often that an industry transforms itself before your eyes. Yet, that is what the recycling sector may be in the process of doing.
Currently we recycle 17 percent of what we use - less than any other EU members apart from Greece, Portugal and Ireland. The government wants that to rise to a quarter by the end of this year. And two EU directives may also have an impact, one of which will make manufacturers of electronic goods responsible for recycling their products at the end of their lives in 2006. And in 2007 car manufacturers will have the same responsibility.
This should all mean that the industry is set to boom, analysts suggest that it could double in size within a dozen years to £24 billion. But in order for the industry to grow it will need to be assured that it can get the raw materials that it needs, in other words, the rubbish we throw out. And in order for that to happen, consumers need to become much better recyclers. So, will the industry rise to the challenge, as it has in much of the rest of Europe, or not?
Also on the programme, Mike Johnson reports from Barnet in North London which, in March 2005, became the first local authority to make the recycling of glass, tin & paper compulsory for residents.
Guests:
Liz Goodwin
Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
Claire Wilton
Friends of the Earth
Graeme Eardley
White Moss Horticulture
Malcolm Todd
Shore Recycling
Mike Rivers
Ford UK
James Leipnik
Canon Europe
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