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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Household waste from UK dumped in India

Household waste from UK dumped in India

LONDON: Household waste collected weekly across Britain for recycling is 
being shipped and dumped in India, according to an investigation by 
ITVs 'Tonight programme'.

As part of country's efforts to go green and improve the environment, UK 
councils ask households to carefully separate waste into different 
categories: plastics, metal, paper and glass so that they all can be 
recycled.

But, according to the investigation, they were shipped to India on the 
waste black market, which is cheaper. It costs up to 148 pounds to recycle 
a tonne of rubbish once it is separated but only 40 pounds to ship it to 
India.

The investigation found that a receipt put into a paper recycling bin in 
Essex turned up at the top of a stinking rubbish mount in Tamil Nadu. It 
was traced to the Walton-on-the-Naze home of Geoff Moore.

His receipt for CDs was found by investigators from ITV's 'Tonight' 
programme at a sprawling rubbish tip in Tamil Nadu. They also found juice 
cartons, British newspapers, Walkers crisp packets, UK school reports and 
plastic bags.

All UK councils are required to recycle. But after householders separate 
their rubbish and bin workers collect it, councils pass it on to waste 
firms, who in turn use subcontractors. They are under no obligation to 
reveal what they actually do with it.

European Union law bans sending waste abroad for dumping but allows it to 
go overseas if it has already been separated and provided that it is 
actually recycled, according to the Sunday Mirror.

The Environment Agency promised to investigate the matter.

Paul Bettison of the Local Government Authority Environment Board called 
for a change in the law and said "if a contractor refuses to reveal where 
materials are being sold it can undermine the whole process."

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