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Recycling Lives boosts turnover to £75m
Recycling Lives boosts turnover to £75m

National waste management group Recycling Lives has once again posted a significant rise in turnover, increasing its sales for the third year running to more than £75 million in 2017/18.


Having made sales of £46.5 million in 2016/17 and £31.7 million in 2015/16, the latest results show that annual turnover has more than doubled in the last two years, rising 61 per cent, while EBITDA (earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation) increased by 76 per cent to £10.8 million.


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