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| Link to The Guardian Evironment Blog |
It's about time we shook the very foundations of the wannabe "greenest government ever" once again and gave the Guardian green-o-meter a jog.
"I'm taking into account Tuesday's publication of the national waste review - one word verdict: rubbish - and last week's natural environment white paper.
"The waste review aimed to reset our relationship with trash, from the junk we want to dump, to a valuable resource to be cherished and only thrown away as a very last resort. That is of course exactly the right idea - as the slogan has it, 'there is no away'."
"I'm taking into account Tuesday's publication of the national waste review - one word verdict: rubbish - and last week's natural environment white paper.
"The waste review aimed to reset our relationship with trash, from the junk we want to dump, to a valuable resource to be cherished and only thrown away as a very last resort. That is of course exactly the right idea - as the slogan has it, 'there is no away'."
Guardian Leader: "Throwaway lines"
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| Link to The Guardian leader |
"It is a messy business, dealing with waste, and that is as true of politics as it is of the kitchen. ... The ambitions - higher targets for recycling and composting, consulting on a ban on single-use shopping bags, and best of all an opt-out for all direct mail - are right. But their scope is far too modest to send out the resounding message that we all need to hear: the throwaway society has had its day.
"England is at least 10 years behind northern Europe in dealing with waste, and will still trail the Scandinavian countries even after Mr Miliband's limited targets are reached. It is not only the virtuous citizens of Sweden and Denmark, though. Flanders in Belgium already recycles more than 70% of its waste. England will only reach 50% by 2020."
(Our comment: This leader is from 2007 [clue: Milliband?] The North London Waste Authority has progressed little from those days.)
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