Im all for it - Not red tape for the sake of it- but that's the crux of the issue in my view !
if you want to dump your sh1t, I see no reason you shouldnt pay for it..Recycling is expensive and energy demanding.
Having done the 'right' thing, and paid for it too however, its fair to expect that the cr4p gets dealt with in accordance with the regulations as they are there to preserve the lovely quality of life we enjoy..The truth is very different however...
When the pandemic hit, oil production carried on as normal; soon enough demand fell and a glut grew with no where to store it. The result was cheap crude, and a subsequent increase in single use plastics. Some plastic can be re-purposed. It is very much dependant on how its been 'mixed' with other materials during manufacture. It'll always be plastic however...
I recently read about a bunch of very clever scientists who turned plastic into vanilla flavouring. Id hand them their P45s and warn them they need to find something more worthwhile to do with their talents if it were me but maybe I need to rethink my objection to the whole 'plastic in the food chain' thing !!?
Having recently had to clear the possessions from my deceased mother's house, there is a significant amount of stuff that no one will recycle. Victim's of our own legislation, there to keep us from burning in a house fire for example.
Back to our waste mountains - Sh1p your sh1t elsewhere and burn it out of sight
seems to be 'modus operandi' for well over 50% of the claimed 'recycle' count....
We do love getting it up the chuff from the ruling class in this country !
We still think it would never happen to us - 'We're British, d4mn it.!! '
