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This was on BBC news so it must be true. When I recycled my plastic bags at the supermarket, I assumed they were being reprocessed. Wrongly, because after a BBC reporter wrapped up an Airtag tracker in the plastic most of them went off to be burnt. So as of now, the council can take it all at the kerbside. Roll on the waste green taxes, it might focus some minds.

Strange but true, I recycled religiously until my father-law who collected waste paper skips told me they need to keep the incinerators burning. If they run out of non recyclable stuff they burn anything to keep it alight. Don't get me started on the electric car green illusions.🙄

I noticed my local recycling center, as of recently, now does not separate plastic, it all goes as non recyclable. If the government is serious about cutting carbon emissions surely this stock needs a rerating. Article below from Daily Telegraph.

A NEW eco "incineration tax" risks pushing councils to the brink, local authorities have warned. Emissions from burning waste will be taxed from 2028 as part of Government efforts to encourage the uptake of greener technologies. About half of all household waste collected by councils is burned every year in facilities that produce the same greenhouse gases as around three million homes. But the carbon tax could cost as much as 06.5 billion by 2036, and 0747 million in 2028, according to research by the Local Government Association (LGA), the County Council Network (CCN) and the District Councils Network (DCN). The tax, which currently applies to aviation, power and industry, adds around 065 per ton of carbon.