Talking Rubbish. There’s no time to waste.

Gloucestershire is in danger of sinking under an ever-increasing mountain of waste. Every year we dump hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish in the county’s landfill sites and it cannot go on.

Why?
Because soon all the county’s landfill sites will be full and alternative means of disposing of our rubbish will have to be found.

And because if we don’t the Government will hit us where it hurts most – in our wallets.

Cllr Stan Waddington, Chair of the Gloucestershire Waste Partnership said "Gloucestershire has targets under the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste we tip into landfill."

"If we fail to reach those targets, we will be fined £150 for every tonne we go over. If we do nothing and continue tipping at our current rate, then in ten years time, Gloucestershire will have to find an extra £78 million pounds in penalties."

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