Where our team of guest writers discuss what they think about the current trends and issues.
"The Dustbin of Europe" was how the UK was described in 2007. Almost three years ago, Britain was reported as disposing of more rubbish in UK landfills than any other EU state. The Local Government Association (LGA) estimated the UK put 27 million tonnes of waste into landfills every year, 7 million more than any other country and that the area given over to landfill space was about the size of Warwick. Not just that, but we would run out of landfill space by 2016.