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New targets to recycle up to half of all household waste is just one of a number of proposals being put forward in a major consultation on the government's strategy for waste in England. The Waste 2000 strategy published by the government set the target of recycling or composting at 30%+ of household waste by 2010. In 2003/04 about 19% of municipal waste in England and Wales was either recycled or composted but 72% still ended up in landfill sites. The 2004/05 figures published by DEFRA (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) suggest England is on track to meet the ...