Householders in Wales are being encouraged to throw out less food waste in an effort to protect the environment and safe money.
The Welsh Assembly Government said that a typical household waste up to £50 per month in unconsumed food waste. As part of its new waste strategy, the government seeks to get householders to stop being a ‘throwaway society’ in order to reach its targets of 70 per cent recycling by 2025.
The Environment Minister is expected to give more details on new proposals including a recycling rewards scheme. Jane Davidson will also explain to businesses, local authorities, and householders what needs to be done to make Wales a ‘zero waste’ country by its target in 2050.
Ms Davidson said that she had succeeded in living for the last six months producing zero waste, not recycling and not using a bin. She added that it was her aim to highlight the harmful impact of waste on the environment as well as its costliness.
About 90 per cent of items purchased by consumers becomes waste within six months, said the assembly government. It said that managing waste sustainably would require people recycling at least 70 per cent of all waste by 2025. Wales, according to the government, is currently the only UK country where every local authority operates a separate food and green waste collection scheme.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said that everyone will have to make changes for the ‘zero-waste’ society to work. Earlier in the month, Ms Davidson revealed the government’s plans to charge 7p for every plastic carrier bag in retailers in Wales. The change is expected to be in full effect by Spring 2011.
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