The Lib Dem run Milton Keynes Council has announced that it has no plans to introduce a ‘pay as you throw’ scheme following a recent announcement by the Labour Government to allow Local Councils to directly charge for rubbish collections.
Sherington Ward Councillor Sam Potts says: “We don’t see the need for the scheme in MK due to our relatively high recycling rates, currently 36%. We prefer to educate residents of the need to recycle”. He went on to say “We can’t continue to simply throw our rubbish into a big hole in the ground. Each household in Milton Keynes is currently paying £25 each in landfill tax and this will increase to around £33 each in April 2008 because the government is increasing the land fill tax. It is a simple equation the more rubbish we throw away in our black sacks the more we pay in tax”.
