Sunday, January 16, 2011
Government at Work - Handling rubbish in the U.K.
This is NOT pretty at all.
It's my idea that governments should be taking care of this stuff BEFORE they venture into, and go into debt for, things that really don't matter...
It's my idea that governments should be taking care of this stuff BEFORE they venture into, and go into debt for, things that really don't matter...
Martin Beckford, Louise Gray and Christopher Hope report on it in the U.K. Daily Telegraph:
"Gardens, driveways and streets in many parts of Britain are full of overflowing bin bags, paper, bottles and plastic, research by The Daily Telegraph has found.
In some areas the situation has got so bad that councils have suggested residents take their own rubbish to the tip.
Experts fear the situation will be even worse next year as local authorities, which in half of the country have already reduced bin rounds to once a fortnight, are forced by budget cuts to limit services further."
