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Wastes
are always with us and have been with us since prehistoric
times. We could no more live without waste than we could
live without farming, manufacturing, buildings and transport.
Having said that, collectively and individually we do
have some influence over the amount of waste we produce
and what we do with it. This article concentrates on
domestic waste - the stuff we put into our dustbins
and recycling boxes and the wastes we take to public
waste disposal sites and recycling centres.
For details of how much domestic waste we produce in
the UK and what happens to it, have a look at the Department
of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website.
In the following paragraphs we explore some of the choices
facing ourselves, our local councils, the UK Parliaments
and Assemblies and the European Union over what we should
do with our wastes.
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