SOMERSET is getting greener than ever -- the recycling rate for 2004-05 reached its highest ever total of more than 30%.
In excess of 87,000 tonnes of waste was sent for recycling rather than landfill, resulting in a recycling level of 31.57%, well up on 27% last year and the national average of 19%.
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