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A British government agency has [calmed / claimed] that the nation's garbage is an untapped [gold / coal] mine that's potentially [worth / value] over $4.5 billion. The Local Government Association's (LGA) review [in / on] Britain's waste disposal, ‘Wealth from Waste', says local governments could [urn / earn] billions by 2020 to provide better services to [residence / residents] . The study outlines how the scheme could [additionally / addition] create over 50,000 jobs by [expansion / expanding] the household recycling sector. LGA executive Clyde Loakes said: “There is clearly wealth in [wasting / waste] . The UK’s waste and recycling sector is currently worth around £11 billion and growing at twice the rate of the rest of the economy, but there is so much more we could do to make the most of this [boozing / booming] industry."
The UK produces over 26 million tonnes of rubbish [every / all] year. The LGA is urging the country to [fully / full] exploit a resource that currently [starts / ends] up in landfills. The report reads: "Taxpayers will be better off, the economy will [benefit / beneficial] , and more people will have jobs if we grow our domestic market for collecting, sorting and [reprocessing / repossessing] recycling. Landfilling waste costs a lot of money; burning it is still expensive; recycling actually brings [out / in] cash for the taxpayer and we [due / owe] it to today’s [hard-pressed / hardly-pressed] taxpayers to get as much of their money back as possible." It adds: "There is wealth in waste. It is time to take the [lid / lad] off the dustbin debate and raise the [sights / sites] of government…from the kerbside to the global economic race."

 


 
 

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