Comments on: Waste charging proposals are rubbish http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:44:44 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: morbidmedia http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-18368 morbidmedia Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:56:15 +0000 http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-18368 I am English and now live in Holland (over 6 years), we already have it in place where we are charged by the weight for rubbish disposal, it is weighed when the bins are picked up by the rubbish collector, this only happens in smaller towns, where it is less likely that someone else will put their rubbish in your bin, to combat this in the bigger towns and for housing estates, they issue a card with a magnetic strip to the householder and have collection points where you can throw your rubbish down a shute, you have to swipe your card on the panel at the top, it then opens and you then put the bag in and it weighs it, you then close the top of the shute and down it goes, once a week the binmen come around and empty the rubbish and read off the info with a portable unit and then you get the bill. I am English and now live in Holland (over 6 years), we already have it in place where we are charged by the weight for rubbish disposal, it is weighed when the bins are picked up by the rubbish collector, this only happens in smaller towns, where it is less likely that someone else will put their rubbish in your bin, to combat this in the bigger towns and for housing estates, they issue a card with a magnetic strip to the householder and have collection points where you can throw your rubbish down a shute, you have to swipe your card on the panel at the top, it then opens and you then put the bag in and it weighs it, you then close the top of the shute and down it goes, once a week the binmen come around and empty the rubbish and read off the info with a portable unit and then you get the bill.

]]> By: Guy S http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-7937 Guy S Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:07:30 +0000 http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-7937 In reply to Joseph, we all have a the right to chose in life, espcially when shopping, we should all consider what we buy and if something has been overpackaged then the supermarket should be left to deal with it. When your at the checkout follow the WI's example and leave the packaging at the checkout when you leave. Paying for what you throw away is in principal a blummin' brilliant idea, and why shouldn't it work. We all need to take responsibility for our own waste and think a little more about what we throw away. Landfills will run out thats a fact, so unless we want to create more of them we need to start doing soemthin now surely. I do think we should be encouraged to recycle more, like a points scheme which could be used for money of food shopping or something. In reply to Joseph, we all have a the right to chose in life, espcially when shopping, we should all consider what we buy and if something has been overpackaged then the supermarket should be left to deal with it. When your at the checkout follow the WI’s example and leave the packaging at the checkout when you leave.

Paying for what you throw away is in principal a blummin’ brilliant idea, and why shouldn’t it work. We all need to take responsibility for our own waste and think a little more about what we throw away. Landfills will run out thats a fact, so unless we want to create more of them we need to start doing soemthin now surely.

I do think we should be encouraged to recycle more, like a points scheme which could be used for money of food shopping or something.

]]> By: Joseph Siddall http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-5274 Joseph Siddall Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:34:55 +0000 http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-5274 As usual, a scheme conjured up by those with little practical knowledge to give their political masters something to crow about. It all depends upon us being scrupulously honest..............so is bound to fail. I would far rather see a scheme whereby we could all take our relevant waste packaging back to the shop/supermarket we bought the goods from, for them to dispose of it. They would very quickly put pressure on their suppliers to rethink the amount of packaging their products actually need. Reductions would flow all along the packaging stream with energy/resource reduction at every step. Our local authority tun a scheme whereby for every bag of garden etc rubbish you take in to the tip they give you a token. Collect three tokens and you can exchange them for a free bag of compost. Works well but you could, of course buy your own composter. As usual, a scheme conjured up by those with little practical knowledge to give their political masters something to crow about. It all depends upon us being scrupulously honest…………..so is bound to fail. I would far rather see a scheme whereby we could all take our relevant waste packaging back to the shop/supermarket we bought the goods from, for them to dispose of it. They would very quickly put pressure on their suppliers to rethink the amount of packaging their products actually need. Reductions would flow all along the packaging stream with energy/resource reduction at every step. Our local authority tun a scheme whereby for every bag of garden etc rubbish you take in to the tip they give you a token. Collect three tokens and you can exchange them for a free bag of compost. Works well but you could, of course buy your own composter.

]]> By: Lena http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-4416 Lena Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:55:13 +0000 http://jonathan.rawle.org/2006/10/04/waste-charging-proposals-are-rubbish/#comment-4416 Charging according to the amount thrown away is unworkable. Even the different family diet custom also can influence the rubbish output. Your suggestion is a great idea. But it still has the possibility people to throw superfluous rubbish into the public bins or simply leave them on the street corner. Charging according to the amount thrown away is unworkable. Even the different family diet custom also can influence the rubbish output.
Your suggestion is a great idea. But it still has the possibility people to throw superfluous rubbish into the public bins or simply leave them on the street corner.

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