"If Haringey Council could get their act together, they could learn quite a lot from these councils.  Each year the average household produces enough waste to fill a standard bedroom. Multiply that by the amount of households in Britain and you can see the scale of the problem. This waste all has to go somewhere and most of it is buried in landfill sites.

Organic matter is usually not much of a problem (apart from supporting colonies of rats). However, some plastics take over 100 years to break down. If the Victorians had used plastic, it is quite possible that Charles Dickens' shopping bags would still be clogging up a landfill site near his house in what is now central London."

Tottenham Conservatives want to reduce both the environmental and the financial costs of waste disposal, so that Haringey residents can all enjoy a truly greener, cleaner and healthier borough, as well as passing fewer problems to the next generation.

Matt continued: "Haringey's ‘environmental efforts are almost entirely restricted to recycling.  This is better than nothing but we should be encouraging residents to minimise waste in the first place."

You can view Tottenham Conservatives' environmental information by visiting www.tottenhamconservatives.com/page.php?pid=23

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For more information call Matt Clare on 07764 197837