Action Briefing
Feb 2003 - Mar 2003
The Newsletter
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Birmingham Friends of the
Earth
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West Midlands News
One Example of
Lobbying on Recycling
Members of Redditch’s Friends of the Earth group
called on town MP Jacqui Smith to support the Doorstep Recycling Bill. The FOE
members joined hundreds of others taking part in the ‘Waste No More’
rally in London. The Bill calls for every local authority to provide a doorstep
recycling and composting service to every household by 2010. It is needed to
increase England’s household waste recycling scheme from 12 per cent to
the 50-60 per cent already achieved by many European countries.
Alistair Waugh, from Redditch FoE, said, “The UK has one of the worst recycling
rates in Europe. In Redditch, we currently recycle about seven per cent of our
waste while some of our European neighbours, such as Austria, recycle more than
half of theirs.” However Jacqui Smith has refused to vote for the bill
on March 14th!
Chis Crean