The BBC tours the UK's first carton recycling plant
The average person produces seven times their bodyweight in rubbish each year with just over 40% of it being recycled.
However, cartons were a problem as they had to be sent abroad to be processed - but now the UK's got its first dedicated recycling plant.
BBC business correspondent Steph McGovern reports from the plant and hear how it could help the environment and create jobs.
03 Sep 2013
- From the section Business