Council taxpayers will pay £78m for Christmas rubbish
A press release from the Local Government Association lists the volume of rubbish:
- 230,000 tonnes of festive food
- 125,000 tonnes of plastic packaging
- 20,000 tonnes of Christmas cards
- 12,000 tonnes of Christmas trees
- 10,000 tonnes of Christmas wrapping paper
- 3,000 tonnes of aluminium foil used to wrap Christmas turkey.
More here.
Tim Montgomerie
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