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Rishi Sunak’s promise to protect the nation from having to use seven bins was thoroughly trashed – 29 favourite reactions

As you probably know, Rishi Sunak made a big announcement from Downing Street yesterday. In a complete debunking of the power of prayer and mass-wishing, it wasn’t that there’s to be a general election anytime soon, but that the government will be rolling back on its green policies on the path...

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The government has indeed been talking about legislation to make councils collect waste in separate streams (buying new wagons to collect it) rather than pay firms to sort it once collected. So it is their own proposal that he's junking.

Some authorities do collect stuff separately, rather than get someone else to sort recyclable waste out of one bin. And yes, that's seven different containers.

What goes where? - St Helens Borough Council

sthelens.gov.uk

But imagine all those boxes for every apartment or terraced house.

 

[bluethrunthru]

The government has indeed been talking about legislation to make councils collect waste in separate streams (buying new wagons to collect it) rather than pay firms to sort it once collected. So it is their own proposal that he's junking.

Some authorities do collect stuff separately, rather than get someone else to sort recyclable waste out of one bin. And yes, that's seven different containers.

What goes where? - St Helens Borough Council

sthelens.gov.uk

But imagine all those boxes for every apartment or terraced house.

It was never Govt policy - I believe it came about in a discussion paper launched by the Govt who chose not to adopt it

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

It’s certainly affected my street.

Our binfluencer (house that knows which bin to put out and put theirs out early on), has put the wrong bin out today.

It’s carnage over the road.

That’s only with 3 bins. Imagine what it’d be like with 7?

Thanks Rishi.

Are you saying that Sunak was contemplating us having 7 bins? The fucker doesn’t even empty his own, how would his servants cope?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Are you saying that Sunak was contemplating us having 7 bins? The fucker doesn’t even empty his own, how would his servants cope?

The bloke wouldn’t even share his helicopter to work, let alone his car.

He's created the hashtag SevenDeadlyBins. Move over Two Jags, we’ve got Seven bins in charge,

 

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It was never Govt policy - I believe it came about in a discussion paper launched by the Govt who chose not to adopt it

As I understand it, the Environment Act 2021 amends section 45A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 but hasn't yet been brought into force.

So the 7 bins are there (6 recyclable plus the bin for the rest) but they'd already backed down from making it compulsory. Wording is:

(5) The condition is that recyclable household waste in each recyclable waste stream must be collected separately, except so far as provided by subsection (6).

(6)Recyclable household waste in two or more recyclable waste streams may be collected together where—

(a)it is not technically or economically practicable to collect recyclable household waste in those recyclable waste streams separately, or

(b)collecting recyclable household waste in those recyclable waste streams separately has no significant environmental benefit (having regard to the overall environmental impact of collecting it separately and of collecting it together).

(7)But recyclable household waste within subsection (10)(a) to (d) may not be collected together with recyclable household waste within subsection (10)(e) or (f).

(8)The fourth condition is that recyclable household waste which is food waste must be collected at least once a week.

(9)Household waste is “recyclable household waste” if—

(a)it is within any of the recyclable waste streams, and

(b)it is of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(10)For the purposes of this section the recyclable waste streams are—

(a)glass;
(b)metal;
(c)plastic;
(d)paper and card;
(e)food waste;
(f)garden waste.

 

[Postman Pep]

The search for the decent Tory goes on ... at least in the mind of Ian Dunce:)

 

[BayernMan]

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Fuck me is this plonker still going? His 'do a sweary rant calling everyone idiots' got old 5 years ago.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Fuck me is this plonker still going? His 'do a sweary rant calling everyone idiots' got old 5 years ago.

Yeah, he is. Seems others still appreciate his satire.

You can book tickets for his tour here: https://www.jonathanpie.com/

 

[bluenova]

As I understand it, the Environment Act 2021 amends section 45A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 but hasn't yet been brought into force.

So the 7 bins are there (6 recyclable plus the bin for the rest) but they'd already backed down from making it compulsory. Wording is:

(5) The condition is that recyclable household waste in each recyclable waste stream must be collected separately, except so far as provided by subsection (6).

(6)Recyclable household waste in two or more recyclable waste streams may be collected together where—

(a)it is not technically or economically practicable to collect recyclable household waste in those recyclable waste streams separately, or

(b)collecting recyclable household waste in those recyclable waste streams separately has no significant environmental benefit (having regard to the overall environmental impact of collecting it separately and of collecting it together).

(7)But recyclable household waste within subsection (10)(a) to (d) may not be collected together with recyclable household waste within subsection (10)(e) or (f).

(8)The fourth condition is that recyclable household waste which is food waste must be collected at least once a week.

(9)Household waste is “recyclable household waste” if—

(a)it is within any of the recyclable waste streams, and

(b)it is of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(10)For the purposes of this section the recyclable waste streams are—

(a)glass;
(b)metal;
(c)plastic;
(d)paper and card;
(e)food waste;
(f)garden waste.

Even that doesn't suggest 7 bins. It specifically says that you can combine if it makes sense to do so.