IN THE UK AT LEAST 12 MILLION TONES OF RECYCLED WASTE IS EXPORTED, ILLEGALY DUMPED AND UNKNOWINGLY WASTED EVERY YEAR

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Government has announced that it has been identified that at least 12million tons of recycled material carefully sorted from UK household and commercial waste is now being dumped in foreign landfill sites every year.

The trade in sending rubbish abroad – mainly to Asia via Europe – has doubled over the past decade, as councils have increasingly turned to contractors to deal with mountains of waste generated by compulsory recycling schemes in an effort to control cost

Defra has stated that “The majority of illegal waste exports we have intercepted consists of waste originally collected by or on behalf of local authorities via household recycling collection services and this is clearly unacceptable,

As well as household rubbish, Defra has also announced that it has discovered that other UK waste material dumped abroad include used tyres, sent to China, and discarded televisions and computers, which end up directly in landfill in West Africa.

buildsolutionsUK WASTE & RECYCLED MATERIAL EXPORTS MUST STOP NOW BECAUSE WE

ARE SIMPLY THROWING MONEY & ENERGY AWAY WE CANT AFFORDThe Environment secretary has now promised that Defra will further tighten inspections at ports to curb the illegal trade in green waste which will almost certainly result in a forced reduction in this both illegal and environmentally immoral activity,

The Environment Agency will now also insist that councils and local authorities must be more responsible in improving the quality of recycling collected and diligently audit their waste management streams from beginning to end regardless of where that my end up.

Proposed Government recommendations will undoubtedly improve the overall sustainable lifecycle of waste and recycled materials collected in the UK however unless we look at alternative solutions of what we do with our waste once collected the cost implications will be significant upon an essential service already under significant financial pressure nationally.

THE ALTERNATIVES: ALL LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ALMOST ALL WASTE MATERIALS NOW HOLD POTENTIAL AS FUEL FOR MUCH NEEDED ENERGY GENERATION WITH ZERO WASTE TO LANDFILL AS A RESULT.

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