On 25/08/2013 08:56, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , alan
writes
On 24/08/2013 10:27, tim..... wrote:

My biggest bugbear here is "window envelopes". If they can't be
recycled (as many LA's claim) then marketing companies shouldn't be
allowed to use them - simples. And I bet that they'd find a way of
making then recyclable pretty damned quickly if that were the rule.


I think you may be missing a point. If it was made illegal to send or
post unsolicited junk mail or leaflets the average household would
have a couple of tons per annum less rubbish in the first place.

Hmm.. presumably our leaders have come to the conclusion that the
overall *good* outweighs the *bad*.

Junk mail industry direct employment, increased trade, taxation revenue
against individual inconvenience/cost and landfill issues.

We've never quite grasped the concept of productive employment. As long
as everyone's busy going round in circles, the govt is happy.