‘Chip-and-bin’ tax aims to force more recycling - Times Online important to look after our planet but we have survived for this long and I am sure things are either not quite as bad as being made out or, after all these years of waste, it is too late for anything to be done. Lastlycovered in a protective platic film to stop it getting scratched, then it was put in a plastic bag which was secured with huge amounts of tape, then it was put in a moulded polystyrene container which in tuen was put in a boxhave to make a monthly trip to the recycling plant to get rid of the cardboard and plastic, but it ain't that bad. I can easily recycle at least 80% of my waste. I also keep an organic bin. We should all make anThis would have a beneficial side-effect that people in financial troubles are not bombarded with offers for loans they can not afford, and the rest of us should not be offered such services we do not need. Yes these go intowindows have to go into the black bin along with all the ancillary items, like plastic representations of the credit card you could have. Eric Pritchard, Clevedon, UK I assume the Tories are against thisRussell O'Sullivan, cardiff, wales Beware, beware Mr Milliband..... do not forget the 'tax credits' fiasco think three times before bringing laws which are impossible to adminster. helpsurprised at Gordon Browns backing for a rubbish tax. As the highest taxing Chancellor in modern history he is using the system like a big stick to beat people into submission. If he could have taxed sex http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1832321.ece

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