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A survey commissioned by Waitrose has found that Scottish people waste the most food in the UK, sending around £460 of food per person to landfill every year. The main culprits were milk and bananas, with 86 per cent of Scots admitting that they throw away food at least a couple of times every week….
WAB, who were the government advisory body for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has been axed. This is as part of the governmental cut-backs. Business secretary, Vince Cable announced the dissolution of the board along with that of three other quangos. The responsibility for the work previously carried out by WAB will now go…
Terry Cutmore the Tory leader of Rochford District Council has said: “I wouldn’t welcome anything that changed our present (recycling) system.” The council has the number one recycling system in the country and has reached a 65 per cent recycling rate. Their system involves householders using three large wheelie bins to separate their food waste,…
Conservative MP Caroline Spelman has taken over as Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs replacing Hilary Benn. Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne has also been appointed to the department. Spelman says: “I will work across government and beyond to respond to challenges of increasing food production, adapting to climate change, protecting our national environment and…
New research has shown that more bins can have a detrimental effect on the amount of waste householders recycle. Staffordshire Council recently gained a mixed response from householders when they issued nine different bins to families in the area. The bins were for garden waste, non-recyclables, food, cardboard, plastic, paper, glass clothes and compost. But…
As we wake up to a new if uncertain political regime and the most anxious economic climate since the 1930’s what impact will there be on the recycling sector? “Poor societies waste less and recycle more. Unparalleled levels of debt have disguised to many how poor we now are as a country. The new Government…
Defra has launched a consultation which will eventually make producers of farms films responsible for the collection and recycling of the material. The aim is to recycle 80 per cent of the material within four years. At the moment, only 20 per cent of the material is recycled. The consultation, which applies to England, Scotland…
In a bid to save £550m a year in local government spending by 2012-13, local authorities will be forced to cut waste collection services. This could mean that bin rounds are permanently reduced to fortnightly collections instead of weekly. With the general public unprepared to accept fewer collections due to concerns about vermin, a lot…
Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall has urged the UK government to follow the example of other European countries and raise public awareness about safe battery disposal. Speaking at the European Parliament’s 4th Battery Collection Day, Fiona said: “In France and Belgium, battery collection points are much more common than they are in the UK. Special…
The Government last week increased landfill tax by another 25% to £40 per tonne. Most landfill sites have also increased charges far in excess of inflation. If you did not have incentive before to have your waste recovered or recycled, you surely do now. Visit www.wastecare.co.uk or phone 0800 091 0000 now. You will be…
