Council joins campaign to get money back

17.03.08 - 16:02 ... source : Bradford Metropolitan District Council

... Bradford Council has joined a campaign by local authorities to demand the money it spends on landfill tax be reinvested in recycling. The Local Government Association started the campaign in advance of this year's budget to put pressure on the Government to return the money to councils to improve local recycling facilities. Bradford Council's Executive Member for Environment and Culture, Coun Anne Hawkesworth, is writing to the Environment Secretary Hilary Benn this week expressing disappointment that the Government had not fulfilled its promise made in 2003 to return the money. The Council currently pays £32 a tonne in tax for rubbish sent to landfill. By 2010 this is set to rise to £48 per tonne. This does not include fines due to come in from the European Union for sending ...» Next (HTML)