'Many' support pay-as-you-throw

Almost two-thirds of people would support a "pay-as-you-throw" system of collecting household waste, a Local Government Association survey suggests.Its poll of 1,028 people found 64% in favour of lower council tax and charges according to how much rubbish people put out, with recyclers paying less.

The LGA survey comes after the government finished consulting on its Waste Strategy for England 2007, which was published in May and set out how bin charges would work. It proposed a system of charges and rewards, such as annual council rebates for those who recycle. It said any such schemes would have to be "revenue neutral", bringing no overall increase in local taxes.

The UK produces more waste per head of population than many of its European neighbours and also has one of the worst recycling rates. The government has been looking at a series of measures to meet EU landfill targets, which demand a 25% reduction on 1995 levels by 2010 and a 65% cut by 2020.

View Full Article 22^nd August 2007

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