Major Food Retailers Blamed For Rising Ride Of Landfill Waste

摘要

Supermarkets have been blamed for the rising levels of rubbish which could cost councils ￡1.8bn. The Local Government Association singled out major food retailers as the worst offenders for excessive food packaging. The group warned that unless concerted action was taken, councils would face an estimated ￡I.8bn in landfill tax payments between 2008 and 2011, which would have to be paid by residents. The LGA is calling on the Government to make retailers responsible for funding the collection of packaging. In its third survey of the food packaging industry, the LGA found, in a typical basket of shopping, that almost 40% of supermarket food packaging could not be easily recycled. Salisbury's came out on top, with the highest level of packaging which could be easily recycled at 67%.