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Preferred Options consultation document

Representation ID: 94920

Received: 29/10/2019

Respondent: Mr JJ Gallagher

Representation Summary:

Waste Management WP1 - WP4, SA1-13 NCC states that 'new facilities.... which help to achieve the targets for recycling.....will be encouraged' but also says, 'initiatives to reduce waste and improve recycling are largely outside the scope of this Plan'. This makes the plan unsound as you cannot have it both ways; if you want to encourage recycling then new initiatives cannot be outside the scope of the plan. NCC should be pursuing a radical overhaul to their current system of glass recycling with a view to leading the field nationally in forging ahead with an innovative plan to ensure Norfolk sets the standards for clear and flat glass recycling. Recycling glass more efficiently would not only reduce the amount of CO2 emissions in Norfolk and lessen the requirement for quarrying silica sand and destroying the Norfolk landscape, but would also vastly increase the local economy through the number of jobs created. Not engaging in this is a dereliction of duty to the taxpayers of Norfolk and is not fulfilling the UK legal obligation to reduce CO2 emissions.

Full text:

Waste Management WP1 - WP4, SA1-13 NCC states that 'new facilities.... which help to achieve the targets for recycling.....will be encouraged' but also says, 'initiatives to reduce waste and improve recycling are largely outside the scope of this Plan'. This makes the plan unsound as you cannot have it both ways; if you want to encourage recycling then new initiatives cannot be outside the scope of the plan. NCC should be pursuing a radical overhaul to their current system of glass recycling with a view to leading the field nationally in forging ahead with an innovative plan to ensure Norfolk sets the standards for clear and flat glass recycling . Recycling glass more efficiently would not only reduce the amount of CO2 emissions in Norfolk and lessen the requirement for quarrying silica sand and destroying the Norfolk landscape, but would also vastly increase the local economy through the number of jobs created. Not engaging in this is a dereliction of duty to the taxpayers of Norfolk and is not fulfilling the UK legal obligation to reduce CO2 emissions.