In an effort to lessen the costs of sending rubbish to a landfill, Hammersmith and Fulham Council has announced its plan to recruit individuals who have a passion for recycling. The scheme aims to reduce the amount of trash which is thrown away on council estates. They hope that their new recruits will help spread the message of the importance of recycling to their fellow tenants in an effort to reduce spending on taking rubbish to landfills. Currently the Council is spending nearly a million and a half pounds per year on fees to landfills.
Many such schemes are being launched around the United Kingdom as it was recently reported that the UK’s failure to reach recycling objectives could lead to fines and higher landfill fees. The European Union recently outlined a directive for all of its member countries to reduce the size of their landfills by at least fifty percent by the year 2013. Although the UK has been successful in reaching some of the EU directives, the landfill reduction is still woefully behind schedule.
Members of the Hammersmith and Fulham Council recycling scheme hope that by encouraging recycling on a local level that they can help reduce the size of landfills around the United Kingdom. Local authorities play one of the largest roles in recycling, as people tend to respond to more localized schemes where they can see immediate results. The Council also says that taxes can be kept down when local governments are not forces to pay high landfill fees.
The Council will be holding a training session on October eighth for what it is calling their recycling heroes.
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