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First waste should be recycled in The u.k
At the risk of being boring, in the first instance waste should, of course, be avoided. Reduce, reuse, recycle, with recycle being a distant third (or wherever it occurs in expanded versions of this list, as there are quite a few more 'r's to be added to it in various ways).
It's really annoying that recycling has become the assumed most important thing to do. I always suspect that must be because the word is more eye-catching and because making things disappear into the great blue recycling yonder seems so much easier than not generating waste in the first place.
There is obviously a lot of plastic waste in the oceans that dates back decades, but could the attempt to increase recycling rates instead of incinerating waste also be partly responsible for the huge amount of plastic rubbish around? In Germany, this started with the 'yellow sacks' 'recycling' regime introduced in the early 90s, when a much better law that would have reduced waste at source was scuppered. Soon afterwards, 'yellow sacks' were discovered dumped all over Europe and I wouldn't be surprised if much of this stuff also found its way into the sea. It also seems likely that 'recycling' from Britain would have gone the same way.
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Miro o Maybe but tell Caroline Lucas that when she has said flights perhaps once every few years. Also jets flying half full is a waste but if you have paid for a ticket and the palne won't fly unless it's full would cause some consternation. Also why did Emma Thomson fly over from LA? Seems a bit wasteful as does all the litter left. As for folk gluing themselves to Waterloo bridge id leave them there. Simply doing that is wasting police time as they can't be left there and undermines the validity of the "protest" in my eyes.
In any case I rode to work again as I do every day and my lunch today is baked potatoes and baked beans. Not because it green, because it cheap, filling and fuels me.
One practical issue maybe you campaigners can bring up is recycling. First waste should be recycled in The u.k, there enough of it and businesses like mine should have the option of recycling. Currently all my council offers is card board recycling but Joe blogs public fill my card recycling bin full of there fucking rubbish which pisses me off and if you see me in my big blue bin you'll understand why I might not be so polite. Metal and plastic waste is in the general refuse. There is no extra recycling offered like there is at home with the same council. Therefore business need help too. Then I would probably get charged for 4 bin collections rather than 2. No point in being green if adds to the cost base and is optional. I think that's a solvable issue if government gave a monkeys.
As for middle ground why let the most "extreme" make the most noise because that's all people like me hear.