NEW WASTE DISPOSAL PLANS HIGHLIGHT FOOD DISPOSAL AS KEY AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT
Plans have been released for a review of how the UK disposes of its rubbish.
Under plans announced by the new environment secretary, consumers could be asked collect their food waste in separate ‘slop buckets.’
Caroline Spelman revealed that food waste has been highlighted as a key priority in these new plans to improve disposal of rubbish.
Spelman has been trying to persuade food manufacturers to reduce the amount of packaging they use in order to improve the situation.
the new plans will ban food from being dumped in landfill in a bid to improve the sustainability of the UK’s waste handeling.
Spelman said:
“We need a new approach to waste, We cannot keep putting recyclable and biodegradable material into landfill.”
The move hopes to raise awareness of the desperate situation of finding space for waste disposal, and if consumers as well as large companies separate and try to reduce their waste, it will not only make waste disposal easier but also encourage more individuals to actively take responsibility for their waste.
Spelman added: “We have been slowly moving in the right direction with recycling rates [but] we need to go faster and further.”
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One Response to “NEW WASTE DISPOSAL PLANS HIGHLIGHT FOOD DISPOSAL AS KEY AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT”
June 28th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Why don’t we have a country wide policy for dealing with recycling, so that every council provides the same service.
I live in North Dorset and we do not have any method of recycling our garden waste other than taking it 5 miles up the road in the car !! My parents who live in the Suffolk Coastal area have a regular collection in a wheelie bin for their green waste.
It just seems that we need to get to grips across the UK to combine & share all the best practices to move forward with improving recycling.