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  This whole rubbish thing has got more complicated than rocket science. Jan T has mentioned the Neighbourhood Forums there and indeed Roger Walton himself was there on hand, circulating to each table to answer any questions asked. I found it difficult to ask the right questions because it is a topic way beyond baffling. Living in The Gateway we just put rubbish down the chute..end of! Although there is some good recycling of glass and so on.
  
  But here is my tuppence worth on it...
  
  The reason these new changes are coming into place is that there are directives from both EU and HMGovernment.
  
  There has been a huge tax increase on the use of Land Fill Sites, this is a European Union initiative/directive. Across the EU we are running out of Land Flll Sites hence the new tax levels to discourage their use. The more you put in landfill the more you pay....and the amounts are enormous. This is essentially the problem. The tax burden has become huge for you and me and the government makes three.
  
  So... some waste just has to go to landfill ...such as smelly waste, but if you can hive off much of the other stuff people discard and call it recycling then you dont pay because it wont reach the Land Fill Sites...and in fact there's a double whammy of benefit here, the recycled stuff can be re-used so in theory everybody wins. You pay less tax, the government pays less tax, as much of the stuff people discard wont reach landfill.
  
  The problem lies in making it work at the grass roots level.
  
  All the above is probably as clear as mud but....its one of those topics!

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