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RavenStar · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: Pay-as-you-go Rubbish

I'm not sure what everyone thinks about this but I'm bloody furious if this goes ahead.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7067971.stm

Now ~ I'm all for trying to reduce the amount of rubbish people throw away and encouraging folk to recycle more. But this is outrageous.

If anyone should be penalised it should be the food producers/supermarkets that produce all the unnecessary food packaging in the first place ~ not us

They're targeting the wrong group people in my opion.

Riktor48 · Admin Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 1286 Location: Essex, UK

Oh, it just makes me *very, very* angry. Just another way for this bloody Government to control and get more money out of us.

And, yep, like you I try to recycle what I can (within reason), but most of my non-recycled stuff consists of wrappings etc - and bulk-wise it takes up nearly a whole black (non-recyclable) sack - so I certainly agree there.

But the real problem I have with all this is the pressure and stress it's putting on ordinary people - including fortnightly collections, wheelie bins for those who haven't the room for them, threats of 'chipping' bins for excessive usage, the tyrannical and bullying attitude by some councils on the insistence that householders sort out their stuff into many different containers (and woe betide you if you don't); bin Gestapo (sorry, inspectors) checking through your rubbish to make sure there's nothing there that shouldn't be - the list goes on!

It's just unbelievable that this has all been allowed to happen. Power does indeed corrupt.

Come the revolution!!!
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Koko · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a crock to me. So far they have not done something like that around me, but I see it coming to the states big time if it starts in the UK. Besides, not everyone is physically able to do all of that sorting and such. What about people living in cramped apartments...compost bin??? Yeh, right....
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Minty · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:22 am Post subject:

The people in power don't give a damn!!! Me and my Mum are childminders and we look after 7 children, can you imagine how much rubbish that makes?!?! I shudder to think how much it's going to cost us, in the long run!!

BB, Minty. xx
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SageCat · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject:

RavenStar · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

We should hold a mass protest at the supermarkets and when we've left the checkout we should discard as much packaging as possible and leave it at the supermarkets

let them pay to get rid of it instead of us

SageCat · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject:

Funnily enough I seem to remember reading somewhere recently that someone actually did that! Brilliant stuff!

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Koko · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:01 am Post subject:

That does sound like a good plan...
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RavenStar · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject:

Great, I never read that SC ~ wish I had ~ they deserve a big pat on the back

Riktor48 · Admin Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 1286 Location: Essex, UK

Of course - you could always collect it, pop it in a large envelope and send it to their head office (unstamped of course)

But don't quote me on that - I shall deny everything.............!!! LOL Sign

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