"EU threat to your rubbish collections"

Britannist · 20-06-2008, 07:45 PM

UK Independence Party - EU threat to your rubbish collections

Britannist · 20-06-2008, 07:48 PM

Brief extract from the UKIP article on the link given in the last posting to this thread: (Quote) Euro MPs have backed new EU rules that could see rubbish collections in the UK being reduced even further. In Strasbourg, they supported a Tory-led proposal to ensure that at least 50% of household rubbish must be recycled. UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom said: "In one fell swoop, MEPs have paved the way for us to return to the Dark Ages. (End of quote)

Hartlepool · 20-06-2008, 08:19 PM

I just got a threatening letter today from the Council,they say if we dont dispose of waste and carry out recycling to their desired specs we will be taken to court,if guilty,fined £100-£2,500 under Section 46 of the EP Act 1990.

Communist Socialist Labour basturds.

Westcountryman · 20-06-2008, 09:36 PM

Inevitably if your authority doesn't meet its landfill targets then it's going to get fined a fortune itself, meaning you'll pay through the nose in Council Tax, or see reduced services so the Council can find the money to pay the fine.

This way it's probably fairer to penalise those who don't meet targets rather than punish all Council taxpayers.

It should be a lot easier to recycle. I want to see bins on the street (placed with ordinary rubbish bins) for plastic bottles, paper etc to help stop things going to landfill.

jim h · 21-06-2008, 06:39 AM

Why support an EU directive on landfill by meeting local Council's targets, far better to cause chaos incur fines and then focus on why and where the fines originated from. We have in this country plenty of landfill available and we already pay through council tax an acceptable level of tax for rubbish collection and disposal.

Kevin Adamson · 21-06-2008, 07:51 AM

The whole rubbish/recycling issue is a subject for local councils to deal with,not the EU .We pay through our ever increasing council tax for this service, it is for them (councils) to deal with the matter.
The criminalization of citizens for throwing out the wrong kind of rubbish or not recycling the right types of waste is a complete nonsense.If the EU wants to poke its nose into such matters it would be far more beneficial if they were to target the packaging of certian goods eg.Coconuts wraped in clingfilm on a cardboard tray!

20-06-2008, 07:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	"EU threat to your rubbish collections" UK Independence Party - EU threat to your rubbish collections

20-06-2008, 07:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Brief extract Brief extract from the UKIP article on the link given in the last posting to this thread: (Quote) Euro MPs have backed new EU rules that could see rubbish collections in the UK being reduced even further. In Strasbourg, they supported a Tory-led proposal to ensure that at least 50% of household rubbish must be recycled. UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom said: "In one fell swoop, MEPs have paved the way for us to return to the Dark Ages. (End of quote)

20-06-2008, 09:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Westcountryman Uber Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Westcountry. Posts: 5,922 Party: None	Inevitably if your authority doesn't meet its landfill targets then it's going to get fined a fortune itself, meaning you'll pay through the nose in Council Tax, or see reduced services so the Council can find the money to pay the fine. This way it's probably fairer to penalise those who don't meet targets rather than punish all Council taxpayers. It should be a lot easier to recycle. I want to see bins on the street (placed with ordinary rubbish bins) for plastic bottles, paper etc to help stop things going to landfill. __________________ Manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietam - "This hand of mine, which is hostile to tyrants, seeks by the sword quiet peace under liberty."

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20-06-2008, 08:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,605 Party: Free England Party	I just got a threatening letter today from the Council,they say if we dont dispose of waste and carry out recycling to their desired specs we will be taken to court,if guilty,fined £100-£2,500 under Section 46 of the EP Act 1990. Communist Socialist Labour basturds.

21-06-2008, 06:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
jim h Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 359	Why support an EU directive on landfill by meeting local Council's targets, far better to cause chaos incur fines and then focus on why and where the fines originated from. We have in this country plenty of landfill available and we already pay through council tax an acceptable level of tax for rubbish collection and disposal.

21-06-2008, 07:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kevin Adamson Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Surrey Posts: 852 Party: UKIP	The whole rubbish/recycling issue is a subject for local councils to deal with,not the EU .We pay through our ever increasing council tax for this service, it is for them (councils) to deal with the matter. The criminalization of citizens for throwing out the wrong kind of rubbish or not recycling the right types of waste is a complete nonsense.If the EU wants to poke its nose into such matters it would be far more beneficial if they were to target the packaging of certian goods eg.Coconuts wraped in clingfilm on a cardboard tray!