Friday, April 19, 2013
"Judge rejects bid by recycling lobby to force millions of families to sort all rubbish into five separate bins"
Worst of all, citizens are fined for noncompliance.
Would many of us be surprised if recycling was being handled this way all over the world?...
Steve Doughty reports on the recycling shortcomings in the U.K.:
"Local councils, and both Labour and Coalition governments, have faced discontent from voters following the introduction of compulsory recycling schemes. These include the notorious fortnightly collection systems and kitchen slopbucket collections in which families can be asked to use as many as nine different bins. Last month the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admitted that much of the household waste collected for recycling in fact goes to landfill, and that published recycling figures are exaggerated."
