The pair's local authority - St Edmundsbury Borough Council - said its recycling rates for household waste had gone up from 50.05% (2007-8) to 52.3% (2011-12).

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Devon has eight city, district or borough councils, which are each responsible for collecting household waste for recycling or disposal.

BBC: Rubbish

In February a King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough-wide referendum overwhelmingly rejected a plan to build a waste incinerator.

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