Today's coverage of report by MPs into the shift by a significant number of local councils to fortnightly waste collections, a move supported by the Government.
The idea that it will promote recycling without posing a health hazard doesn't appear to be backed with sufficient evidence and the MPs found that it is more likely to lead to fly tipping.
Clearly we need to recycle more. But the best way of doing so will be to make recycling easier and more attractive for people to do. Just reducing the frequency waste collections without resident being provided with alternatives is short sighted. That is why Tandridge has chosen not to go down this route.
However there are things that we can do now to reduce landfill from food waste - e.g. by promoting home composting. And the most effective way of reducing unwanted waste must be to look at the source by reducing unnecessary packaging of products.
