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| Link to The Guardian |
"So victory for paper bags – they are the children of trees! – in the war
against decadent, dolphin-smothering plastic. Except, like most wars,
it is far from clear if it has left the world a better place.
Wrap, the
government-funded company set up to reduce waste, summarises the drawbacks of paper bags:
while from a renewable source and biodegradable, compostable and
recyclable, they require far more energy to make and transport than
plastic, have less re-use potential, and produce methane if dumped in
landfill."
"Fly-tipping in England mapped"
"Fly-tipping in the England cost local authorities over £60million in 2011. How bad is your area for dumping waste?"
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