The folks in Britain are being dragooned, like it or not, into recycling because the governing elite has decreed it is the earth-friendly thing to do. So average people are being fined if they don't put their recyclables out, properly sorted (I'll look for that link, but I remember a flurry of stories about that not long ago.) All to meet central government plans to recycle 40% of trash by 2010. So, what do the local councils do with all the recyclables they force the residents to turn in – by threat?
PAPER, bottles and plastic that millions of householders are being forced to recycle are routinely being dumped in landfill sites.
Recycling companies say they are receiving tens of thousands of tons of materials from councils which are so contaminated or badly sorted that they have to be rejected or dumped.
Many councils are cutting corners to meet targets for recycling up to 40% of their residents’ waste by 2010. Instead of being properly separated, the waste is poorly sorted and sent to specialist recycling companies that cannot then reprocess it.
Dick Searle, chief executive of the Packaging Federation, said: “The recycling infrastructure in this country is disgraceful. We’ve got a situation where the collection methods – particularly where householders are being told to chuck everything [paper, cans and plastic] in together – means we are now seriously in danger of recycling going backwards.”
But they'll meet the bureaucratic targets. Because the rubbish will be sent to recyclers. Which appears to be all that is required to meet the dictates laid down by those on high.
