“I can imagine this turning (like every issue in this country does!) into a cause for class snobbery as well. Middle-class mums and dads will drive themselves to the recycling depots, while working-class people who are trying to just get on will revolt.”

Exactly. And it is just those middle class people who are enforcing the laws, because they themselves are not affected. We need to hurry along the libertarian revolution.

Leon:

“You forgot to add the Brixton and Southall riots of the early 80s.”

Heh. We could be here for days.

MaidMarian:

“Rumbold – with the greatest of respect, stop being such a drama queen!”

Me- a drama queen?! I’m not going to talk to you now. Hmmph.

“If you want to have your revolution in my street Rumbold, make sure you clean up after your self-indulgent self. I’ll be doing something that worries me more like cleaning the mildew off my shower.”

I am not calling for a revolution, just noting that there is increasing resentment at this.

Sunny:

Green groups like any sort of recycling, as well as a fortnightly bin service, because it means less rubbish collected (or so they think).

There might be a few rounds of applause from green groups,

Why would that be then?

Maybe the Daily Mail intelligentsia feel that they are being victimised on this one (‘Putting out your rubbish now requires a postgraduate degree in waste management’ – what to say – sorry you are thick?).

To them and others I say tough. I also, incidentally said tough to the whingeing neighbours who tried to get a local campaign going.

Amrit (8) is right that there probably are better ways to recycle, however I struggle to see anything that will not be painted by the Daily Mail and moaners as an imposition.

If you want to have your revolution in my street Rumbold, make sure you clean up after your self-indulgent self. I’ll be doing something that worries me more like cleaning the mildew off my shower.

We have had riots (1381), civilised handovers of power (1688/9), and a civil war or two (1640s)

You forgot to add the Brixton and Southall riots of the early 80s.

I would like to say ‘Good on the councils for pushing people to recycle more,’ but… *grimaces* There are better ways to do it than this!

I can imagine this turning (like every issue in this country does!) into a cause for class snobbery as well. Middle-class mums and dads will drive themselves to the recycling depots, while working-class people who are trying to just get on will revolt… and then the papers will get hypocritically involved… .

Roger:

True enough- but I didn’t want to put in too many dates in case eyes were rolled.

Bishop Hill:

I knew that the EU had something to do with it but I wasn’t quite sure what. Thanks for that.

Golam Murtaza:

“Incidentally, nothing to do with the thread, but legend has it that a huge monster used to stalk the moors above nearby Ilkley and it was called ROMBOLD GIANT. Any connection ‘Rumbold’?”

Heh. Can’t say that there is.

Incidentally, nothing to do with the thread, but legend has it that a huge monster used to stalk the moors above nearby Ilkley and it was called ROMBOLD GIANT. Any connection ‘Rumbold’?

The councils have to do this kind of thing because the landfills are being closed down. And they’re being closed down because the EU says so.

Someone did an interesting post some months back in which the volume of material removed from quarries was compared to the volume of landfill required. The suggestion was that there is no shortage of landfill space.

So we have an EU dictat, causing great difficulties in the UK, for no sensible reason.

(It’s also worth noting that a modern landfill is rather a good way of recycling, since the vast majority of the gases given off can now be collected and used as fuel).

“We have had riots (1981, 1990)…and a civil war or two (1640s, 1688/9, 1715, 1745, 1918/21, 1968/98)”