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World Service,4 mins

Are you getting it wrong on recycling?

World Business Report

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Plastic is now dumped in our oceans at a rate of one garbage truck a minute. Governments, businesses and consumers are stepping up efforts to tackle the plastic problem. One of the simplest solutions - recycling - is widely practiced around the world. But from used coffee cups to TV dinner containers and even baby nappies, are consumers divvying up their garbage correctly? ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ presenter Nigel Cassidy and environmental expert Emma Priestland rolled their sleeves up and dug through a recycling bin to find out. (Image: A rubbish bin in Boston. Credit: Getty Image)

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