The Need For Clean Air Legislation

[douglas9401]

Is even more needed than we thought as third world spacemen ignore the dangers and burn tyres and who knows what else instead of recycling.

No doubt our taxes will rise further to offset this disgraceful situation rather than calling the culprits to account.

Cos that would obviously be racist, innit.

Can't we just burn them here and capture the bad stuff instead of just offering it up to the gods and letting the sub-continent and other idyllic areas kill themselves so a few fat folk get fatter.

[douglas9401]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14jy2dd8jeo

[davebro3]

surprised they burn then - probly good enough to patch up and use on their vehicles...

[barry1010]

They can't be put on cars in India as they are squished in to blocks in the UK before shipping.

The disgrace isn't what that they burn the rubber; it's that the UK exports so much of our waste. 

[youngmafbog]

The whole "green" agenda is a scam.

I fully support recycling, like many other oldies on here I have always despised single use plastics and have recycled all my life (remmeber collecting the mik bottle tops and newspapers?) but its now out of hand all so we can achieve "net zero".  Of course the ironly of burning tons of diesel fuel to get it to India (or whereever) seems to be lost on the Eco loons.

 

 

[Stableford]

Not sure more legislation is what's needed :)  Perhaps what's needed is to scrap every green tax/law, have a full bonfire of the lot!  Whatever the UK do, it's going to make no difference whatsoever while India and China are doing what they do best.

[douglas9401]

"The disgrace isn't what that they burn the rubber..."

Are you quite sure, barry?

[davebro3]

There is a firm - Powerhouse Energy (PHE)- which is trying to develop a commercial system for incinerating plastics (possibly rubber?) at high temperatures to produce usable gases with very little pollution. Could be a game changer if they can get it to work on the scale needed but their shares have plunged to an all-time low on the AIM market.

[youngmafbog]

Whether its a difference or not I still think easy things like recycling should be done.

Scrap the eco loon things and do it sensibly.  For instance if we cant cope with the amount of tyres here then look at how to rther than shiping the problem elsewhere.  I suspect its the bottom line at play here too as cheaper to ship and burn.

[Old_Geezer]

It's cheaper to ship to where the recipient claims they will recycle. Whether the recipient does or not is their government's responsibility. Meanwhile ours should be ensuring only that which is permitted gets sent, and to those not believed to be flaunting the rules.

[davebro3]

Wonder what happened to those shiploads of bio-medical waste that were rejected by the recipient country - Turkey was it?

[Untitled]

this is a good example of how the UK government (and presumably others) claim to reduce emissions but in fact engage in "creative" accounting which in effect exports our emissions elsewhere.

an extremely deceptive situation.