Pay-as-you-throw schemes are a "valuable tool" to reduce waste, according to the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC). The Daily Express and The Daily Telegraph reported (24 May) on a paper commissioned by the Government and published by the Town & Country Planning Association called Towards Zero Waste: Eco-Towns Waste Management Worksheet. It was published last November and stated that eco-towns could consider "charging for waste collections by weight/waste-type/frequency, so that those who prevent waste and recycle the most pay the least.
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