Ask David Cameron to talk half as much rubbish
4 March 2011

Are you sick of having to throw stuff away that could be recycled or reused?

We are. And we need your help to make sure the Government's new waste review puts things right. It's focussed on England's rubbish but it'll have a huge impact across the UK.

Please use the bin below to give the Prime Minister a taste of the things you have to needlessly throw away.

Then fill in your details to send Mr Cameron a clear message - that he must set an ambitious goal to help homes and businesses reuse and recycle more and waste less.

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Dear Prime Minister,


Today I had to throw away...

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How to use: Fill up the bin with items from the drop-down list. To add an item, click on the drop down, set the number of items and click on "Add to bin". To remove an item, click on the "X" to the left of the item name.

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Getting waste right is a key test of your Government's ambition to be the 'greenest ever'.

You can show me you're on track by ensuring the Waste Review sets a goal to halve household 'black bag' waste by 2020, with a similar goal for business waste.

This would

  • Create tens of thousands of new jobs
  • Slash emissions and supply precious resources for UK manufacturing
  • Save councils and businesses billions in unnecessary waste infrastructure

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What people are saying

Susan, Tunbridge Wells

Why can't people take things that have been dumped by others at the Waste Transfer station? Why can't it be a re-use centre where residents can take and collect items eg wood, building waste, furniture, bikes etc?

Duncan, Newcastle Upon Tyne

It's ridiculous that something so simple as collecting compost doesn't happen in all parts of the UK. It can be used to generate electricity as well as decreasing the amount of rubbish sent to landfill. Makes sense doesn't it?

Sara, Malmesbury

Bottles from pubs are not apparently collected for recycling locally and are taken to landfill. If this is the case in many other places it makes nonsense of domestic glass recycling when bars and restaurants have so many bottles to dispose of. 

Carl, Wirral

Why cant we invest in technology that enables all councils to recycle all types of plastic not just bottles? It doesn't make sense that I'm still throwing away plastic into landfill when the technology is out there.

Michele, Peterborough

I live in a building, there are only communal bins and the recycling is poor. Would be great to have a bin for organic waste as well!

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