Dear The Skip,
In response to your article of issue 33, this government has not got a green policy; it has a mean policy. We all welcome a better environment and responsible Waste Management Companies strive hard to comply.
Albeit, this government does not encourage or reward responsible hardworking companies at all. Instead they continually introduce penalties and taxes etc.
Why do they never provide opportunities or support to enable us to comply? We all know that the reduction in landfill sites is inevitable and an increasing problem but not one that has occurred overnight. Why is there no infrastructure in place?
There is no help with developing future sites for recycling plants etc. Local Councils are not pro-active; they are narrow minded and do not welcome such visual sites. All the brownfield sites available should be utilised for the development of the appropriate area, in particular replacing work where it has previously been lost. Not all businesses are call centres or distribution warehouses. To recycle certain material, the distance to travel outweighs the tipping costs - with respect to fuel costs and time taken this does not help our carbon footprint. If more sites were available this would encourage recycling and sites would be more widespread. We need forward thinking Government representatives but where are they???
Regards,
Debbie Garlick
Potteries Waste Limited.
THE SKIP SAYS: Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Debbie. You raise some very valid points. As for finding any “forward thinking Government representatives” - there’s probably more chance that Elvis is currently working on a policy for rationalising skip permit pricing.
