This week, Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, put the UK on the path to becoming a 'zero waste' nation and launched and initiative aimed at cutting the waste we send to infill by 75% over the next ten years.
Benn told the waste industry and local authorities, "We need to rethink how we view and treat waste in the UK. Why do we send valuable items like aluminium and food waste to landfill when we can turn them into new cans and renewable energy?
Benn continued, "Why use more resources than we need to in manufacturing? We must now work together to build a zero waste nation - where we reduce the resources we use, reuse and recycle all that we can and only landfill things that have absolutely no other use."
This is one hell of a challenge but something we have to do. I think that this needs directing to local level. Why not give a village or a town and incentive by paying them for the waste metals, paper and plastics they collect so that local amenities can be improved?
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