Friday, January 26, 2007

Slow boat to China

'At about £500 to send a 26-tonne container of waste to China, it is now cheaper to send plastic to the Far East than by road from London to Manchester'

Here's another example of waste management policies in the UK that are simply not good enough. This article ( The slow boats to China filled with our refuse by Cahal Milmo at The Independent) illustrates more topsy turvy thinking. How can it be that this recyclable waste cannot be put to better use in this country. Surely we have the personnel, funding and location to handle our own plastics recycling?

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