We’re the dustbin of Europe. Not a tabloid exaggeration but fact. Figures compiled by the Local Government Association are pretty mind-blowing and justification for an onset of extreme seasonal affective disorder. We are sending out 22million tonnes of rubbish to landfill. That’s three times the amount German does and a staggering 110 times the rubbish that goes to landfill sites in Sweden. Some room for improvement then.
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on Nov 12th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
To add to your woe, according to the UNICEF report, “An overview of child well-being in rich countries”, the UK comes last of 21 studied.
And I don’t think we can blame it all on Wales and Scotland…
http://www.unicef.org/media/files/ChildPovertyReport.pdf