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Diverting waste away from landfill and boosting recycling rates are, undoubtedly, the correct courses of action. Climate change is the biggest catastrophe facing the world and all countries, big and small, must rise to the challenge. ‌

Glasgow has historically had a poor record on recycling and has upped its game of late. The city’s recycling rate for 2024 was 30.6 per cent, up from 27.2 per cent in 2023, modest progress. ‌

But our story today on how Glasgow’s domestic waste is being reprocessed abroad is a cause for alarm. This country’s infrastructure is so poor that our largest city is sending waste to locations such as Spain and Germany . ‌

We should be recycling our own waste and yet we are having to boost recycling rates by sending paper and plastic to the c

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