tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post6271560571913986989..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: You've 'bin' hadWitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-12798329427798442892011-10-01T06:03:21.440-07:002011-10-01T06:03:21.440-07:00TT Interesting re Germany and packaging.....
Yes,...TT Interesting re Germany and packaging.....<br /><br />Yes, I do appreciate we pay twice too.<br /><br />Not too sure if this £250mn is 'ring-fenced' or not - probably not!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-64643787436397086532011-10-01T02:43:44.121-07:002011-10-01T02:43:44.121-07:00Not quite. The Local Authorities have blackmailed ...Not quite. The Local Authorities have blackmailed Whitehall into coughing up cash to pay the fines that Whitehall agreed with the EU.<br /><br />The fact that Supermarkets face No punishment for excessive packaging but Custiomers do as ratepayers is part of the corrupt political system.<br /><br />The bulk of food waste is from supermarkets not households. They skip so much but offload costs onto Customers who pay twice a) for waste factored into shelf prices b) landfill tax as ratepayers.<br /><br />This policy is back-to-front with Producers evading responsibility and putting ever smaller contents in ever bigger packages for Customers to pay for and dispose of.<br /><br />German legislation makes Retailers responsible for Waste and packaging can be handed in at the Checkout. Why is Britain so out of step ? Corporate Sugar Daddies at Party Conferences ?TomTomnoreply@blogger.com