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Ministers have blocked plans for a law to stem the tide of rubbish from homes and businesses in Britain and across Europe. As a result, the best opportunity yet to halt the steady growth of waste is expected to be abandoned this week.

The law, which has twice been passed by the European Parliament, would have obliged Britain and other EU countries to stop waste increasing beyond its present level. But the Government has refused to accept it – and so have its counterparts across the Continent. - The Independent