One of David Cameron’s greatest achievements so far as Conservative Leader is to have hugely and rightly strengthened the party’s commitment to tackling climate change.
And this was underlined once again earlier today in a speech by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne (left of picture), who said a Conservative Government should pay people to recycle, not “punish them…with bin taxes.”
The fact is that, by 2020, the United Kingdom must reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill by almost two-thirds if we are to meet targets laid down by the European Union. Creative thinking is therefore urgently required.
Since the spring, Windsor and Maidenhead Council - controlled by the Conservatives - has been working alongside a US company specialising in “pay to recycle schemes.”
The project, funded by savings in landfill tax, has already attracted the support of more than half of eligible households – and boosted recycling rates by 30%.
As a result, the average participant household is set to receive around £130 a year in vouchers to spend in local shops, including Marks & Spencer.
To quote George Osborne in his speech yesterday: “We’ve shown on the ground in one area of the country that this approach works – so it’s make it happen across the country.”
And this was underlined once again earlier today in a speech by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne (left of picture), who said a Conservative Government should pay people to recycle, not “punish them…with bin taxes.”
The fact is that, by 2020, the United Kingdom must reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill by almost two-thirds if we are to meet targets laid down by the European Union. Creative thinking is therefore urgently required.
Since the spring, Windsor and Maidenhead Council - controlled by the Conservatives - has been working alongside a US company specialising in “pay to recycle schemes.”
The project, funded by savings in landfill tax, has already attracted the support of more than half of eligible households – and boosted recycling rates by 30%.
As a result, the average participant household is set to receive around £130 a year in vouchers to spend in local shops, including Marks & Spencer.
To quote George Osborne in his speech yesterday: “We’ve shown on the ground in one area of the country that this approach works – so it’s make it happen across the country.”
As the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Keighley and Ilkley, I am only too happy to endorse this view.
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