Councillors lined up in Livingston to question proposals from the Scottish Government which suggest that major improvements can be delivered within 18 months.
Bold plans to revolutionise recycling and build a circular economy will need a “genie and magic lamp” to materialise, it was claimed this week.
“It’s like the SNP/Green coalition have said ‘Make it so’ but it’s not like we have a genie in a lamp that’s going to make infrastructure magically appear to make this happen.Cllr Pattle, who recently visited a commercial recycling centre with fellow Linlithgow councillor Pauline Orr, told the meeting that recycling professionals had been calling for a national strategy for 20 years.
Officers have also pointed to the need for legislation to force manufacturers to do more to make products such as furniture more recyclable rather than leave local authorities with the growing costs of disposal. It was his personal view that extending producers responsibility needs to be done in advance of all else, as the first link in the chain.
She added: “What is apparent as well is the stick. How about encouraging people rather than just looking to fine them, and local authorities. We should be taking people on a journey that would contribute to a better outcome.”
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