As Tim asks: Err, excuse me, we need a report to tell us this?

Illegal fly-tipping could almost double under plans to introduce "pay-as-you-throw" charges to collect rubbish, a Government-commissioned report has warned.

The study claims an extra 155,000 tons of refuse could be dumped in lay-bys or neighbours' bins if the new charges are imposed. Taxpayers will be left with a £39 million clean-up bill, it says.

Says Tim: Who but the truly insane would need to be told this? People respond to incentives so if you raise the price of their legal waste collection at least some of them will dispose of it illegally.

Says Anorak: hwo much did this report cost to produce? And what happened to the paper it was written on?

Answers scrawled on a bin bag and lobbed over the neigbour's wall...

Came straight to this page? Visit www.kerching.tv for all the latest news.

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://shinymedia.headshift.com/cgi-bin/mtshiny/mt-tb.fcgi/49654

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Pay-As-You-Throw Increases Waste Fees and Fly Tipping:

Comments

Post a comment

Name:

Email Address:

URL:

Security Code:

Enter the security code:

Remember personal info?

Comments: