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Essex Lib Dems call for 70% recycling rate
January 26, 2012 11:41 AM
Originally published by Saffron Walden Constituency Liberal Democrats
Originally published by Saffron Walden Constituency Liberal Democrats
Essex County Council's recycling target of 60% by 2021 is not ambitious enough, says the opposition Liberal Democrat group. ECC is consulting the public on the Waste Disposal Document and the Lib Dems are calling for a minimum recycling target of 70%.
The Lib Dems claim that the Conservatives' lower figure of 60% means that the massive waste management factory at Basildon will have a larger capacity than is necessary. The Lib Dems say that the need to feed the factory will remove the incentive to increase recycling.
The Lib Dems also raise concerns about the environmental damage and highway congestion caused by the huge number of journeys across Essex made by large lorries transporting all the residual waste to Basildon.
Cllr. Mike Mackrory, Deputy Leader of the Lib Dems, said, "We have consistently argued over the years that the recycling rates were not set high enough and each time we have been proved right. The Council must be more ambitious with its target and alternatives for transporting waste - like rail - must be considered. Otherwise real damage will be caused to the environment."
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