How can landfill waste be reduced?
In order for the directive to be effective, alternative strategies for waste need to be put into place. Waste management researcher and consultant Maggie Thurgood said: ‘To reduce landfill waste, disposal authorities will need to make sure a lot more is recycled paper, plastic, metal and glass. It’s likely that in the future we will all be required to sort more of our household waste we could even have six to nine different types of waste to sort, ranging from glass to paper, plastic and organic waste. I would predict people who recycle properly will pay less money in tax than those who don’t.’ Can we cope with the extra waste? The act of reducing the waste in the UK’s landfill sites means there will be significant amounts of waste to be disposed of in other ways. ‘It’s a serious problems and I’m very concerned,’ Thurgood said, warning that recycling manufacturers may not be able to cope with the amount of extra waste coming their way. Thurgood said: ‘Metals are less of a problem to re
