The Local Government Association has issued a four-point guide aimed at tackling the increasing amount of waste heading for landfills.
The guidance has been published after a National Audit Office report into landfills which warned: ‘There is a significant risk local authorities in England will fail to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfill by enough for the UK to meet EU targets.’
The NAO also said that the Government ‘intends to penalise’ councils failing to meet their landfill target by 2010 – with a possible knock-on impact on council tax levels.
In its response the LGA has set out a four-point plan which advises shoppers, supermarkets, councils and business on working together to tackle the problems of waste.
The four points are: giving councils new discretionary powers to charge households directly for the waste they throw away; making producers responsible for the disposal of their goods; taking strong action on disposable and single-use items and finally making sure that councils have sufficient funding to meet European directives.
LGA chairman, Lord Sandy Bruce Lockhart, said: ‘There needs to be a radical overhaul of the way in which rubbish is thrown away.’
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