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John Beardmore

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John Beardmore wrote:
In message , Andy Hall writes
On 2006-12-05 08:10:40 +0000, (sarah) said:

Ultimately, regulated environments don't work because people will find
a way around them if they deem them to be too intrusive.

And unregulated ones do what's cheapest and 'hang the consequences'.

So what's the right compromise ?

Again this has long been known.

From an economic perspective perhaps. But this has not achieved
sustainable development - indeed quite the opposite.

Free markets with laws that prohobit
the worst practices.

But don't encourage the best ones.

In the sense that sorting is a requirement that is imposed neither by
you or the LA, neither of you is trying to reduce the service provided

by the other - this argument is just emotional fluff. If you want to
deal with the imposition, take yourself off to the EU and exercise your
democratic right.

thats emotional fluff if ever I heard it.

No - it's a process for making legislation.

You really seem in need of
more understanding of politics.

And you need to think in terms of sustainable development, not the
development of markets.

Rather, one of you is being asked, and may ultimately be required, to
sort waste, and this is generally held to be something that is least
resource intensive when done at source.

It is ultimately up to you and the LA to decide how this might be
accomplished, but either way, you will pay, by the commitment of time or
money, if, or perhaps when it becomes a legal requirement.

it is asked yet unsupportable.

Well - you don't support it anyway.

Many consumers just say no.

And for the time being at least, they are quite within their rights to
do so.

Cheers, J/.
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John Beardmore