October 18th by admin
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The Guardian reports that Conservative shadow Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, has threatened to expose Conservative councillors who get involved in variable charging schemes as ‘collaborators’....
October 17th by admin
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Well, I rather suspect that someone has!
I’ve long suspected that certain newspapers and other media outlets have simply decided that waste collection is one of their ‘old faithful’ subjects t...
October 17th by admin
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It is a popular argument against ‘pay as you throw’ that this is simply another stealth tax designed to swell Whitehall coffers at the expense of Council Tax payers. The Government has often clai...
October 15th by admin
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I’m not a tax inspector or a traffic warden. It’s worse than that – I work in the waste collection industry. Admit that, even in polite circles, and you might as well add “I’ll get my coat”. It seem...
October 14th by admin
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Bartec Systems have posted an analysis document in response to DEFRA’s guidance documents for councils considering variable charging, known as Waste Incentive Schemes in DEFRA parlance. The full document...
October 13th by admin
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Blaby District Council introduced the UK’s first variable charging scheme for household waste in 2000. The scheme was designed to restrict householders to 140 litres of non recyclable waste per week, an...
October 6th by admin
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A couple from Hampshire have hit the news by collecting enough AirMiles from recycling litter they picked up from the streets at the local Tesco store. It’s one of those ‘and finally’ stories that run ...