Object

Representation ID: 4526

Received: 04/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

We have seen these energy centres work amazingly well abroad but it is not an approach that helps reduction or reuse of materials - it just encourages continued throwing away.
Black sack waste still outweighs recycled collection significantly despite an excellent collection system.
We need to show people just how much of a black sack could be diverted into other financially profitable streams.

Object

Representation ID: 4854

Received: 10/08/2025

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Poynter

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Why would we spend millions to build something that will only be able to manage half the RDF we are currently ‘producing’?
This directly encourages people to be wasteful and accordingly to your own figures, we then dump the problem elsewhere.
The schemes Medway has in place for waste are so good that almost nothing should need to go for burning, even burning that creates energy.
We need to teach people to buy wisely, use thoughtfully and discard responsibly.