The young men who collect the sacks at the moment do a very good job. Why change a winning formula?
• They will continue to do a difficult job well. The bins are actually much safer for the men than the sacks. The changes are absolutely necessary if we are to increase recycling levels significantly. • We should not lose sight of the fact that the changes to refuse disposal are not driven by money or convenience. They are driven by the pressing environmental need to find an alternative to landfill. If people are not prepared to adapt their habits and life-styles then the alternatives are either to adopt a much less popular method of disposal such as incineration or accept the long-term damage to the environment that will be the legacy we hand down to our children and generations to come.
