| Well Darlings,
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| | streets? The best way to stop an epidemic
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| There has been a hell of a lot of rubbish
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| | is not to give it a chance to start!
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| talked about our refuse collections
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| | Cleaning a wheelie bin is not the easiest
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| lately. Under the pretext of it
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| | of tasks even for the able-bodied, so how
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| increasing the recycling of waste - a
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| | are some of our pensioners and disabled
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| theory now being dismissed as having no
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| | people expected to cope? Some grannies
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| substance - 140 authorities have already
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| | are not much taller than these monsters -
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| moved to alternate weekly collections
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| | I can picture one of them falling inside
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| where recyclables are collected one week
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| | never to reappear! But something perhaps
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| and other waste the next. What long-term
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| | far more important than a disaster such
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| implications this will have on public
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| | as that is: with every household now
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| health remain to be seen. Despite the
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| | expected to wash out their refuse bins,
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| stories of increased vermin, flies and
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| | microwave-meal disposable trays, sauce
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| maggots everywhere this system has been
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| | bottles, cans, and many, many other items
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| adopted, with such a lousy summer this
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| | of waste in an attempt to keep smells,
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| year any major adverse affects are hardly
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| | maggots, flies and vermin at bay, aren't
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| likely to be noticed - but what of the
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| | we going to be wasting an awful lot of
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| years when we have a good summer? A long,
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| | that what we are told will, in the not
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| hot, dry summer? Though we tend to easily
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| | too distant future, become one of the
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| forget them, summers with hot, dry spells
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| | planet's most valuable items? Water.
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| are not so infrequent that they should be
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| | With all the torrential rain and flooding
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| dismissed.
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| | we have suffered this year, it may be
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| Local authorities using alternate week
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| | hard to believe water is that precious -
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| collections claim there is no clear
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| | but it really is. Where gold was, and oil
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| evidence of any adverse public health
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| | currently is, fresh water will one day
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| effects, but the devil is in the detail
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| | become the world currency. People will
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| of that claim. The difference between
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| | die for it. At the rate our climate is
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| "evidence" and "clear evidence" can be as
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| | changing worldwide, with deserts being
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| vast as the imagination. We can only have
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| | rained on and once green pasture lands
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| clear evidence after something has been
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| | now suffering year after year of drought,
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| tried, tested and proven, whereas
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| | who knows how soon that day might come?
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| evidence alone can be based on things we
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| | Nobody talks of a hundred years any
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| have already learned, perhaps in
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| | longer. Having so inaccurately predicted
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| different situations.
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| | the melting rate of the ice caps, few
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| By now most people will have seen the
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| | scientists will now put a date on any
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| pictures of undulating carpets of maggots
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| | eventuality.
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| on pavements and on wheelie bins. They
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| | One adverse affect of the bi-weekly
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| are simply the result of leaving waste
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| | collections already being experienced is
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| around for too long. Whilst in this stage
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| | that they have produced yet another
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| these creatures that seem to appear from
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| | brigade of little Hitlers - as if we
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| nowhere are usually quite harmless, it
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| | needed more of them! Not a week passes by
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| must not be forgotten that every one of
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| | now without us reading about someone,
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| them is a potential fly of some sort -
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| | often many people, whose bin was not
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| and they are not harmless. They are a
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| | emptied because it was "contaminated" by
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| danger to our health - and of that we do
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| | a small piece of something that should
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| have clear evidence!
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| | have been put into a different bin. The
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| Whilst there is no clear evidence of harm
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| | refuse collectors now rummage through our
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| to public health with this system so far,
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| | garbage feverishly looking for
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| and only so far, it can be said just as
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| | contaminating items, but ridiculously
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| equally that there is no clear evidence
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| | (because of Health & Safety, so we're
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| that a summer heatwave of any substantial
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| | told!) they are not allowed to simply
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| length will not result in some epidemic,
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| | remove them and then empty the bin.
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| or even a plague. In hot countries like
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| | Instead of anything that easy, they slap
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| (say) India the bugs there pose very
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| | a ticket on the bin - and unless its
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| little threat to the locals, they have
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| | owner pays around £12.00 for a "special"
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| become immune to them over many
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| | collection it won't be emptied until the
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| centuries, however we do have evidence
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| | following fortnight.
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| that when we visit that country we
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| | Now, not everyone can afford to pay for a
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| frequently go down with what is
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| | special collection - to some people
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| affectionately known as Delhi Belly, and
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| | £12.00 is a lot of money - and there
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| that is simply because we are neither
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| | will be others who won't even bother or
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| used to these bugs nor immune to them.
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| | care about the bin not being emptied, so
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| Based on that evidence, we have to accept
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| | that means the offending bin will now
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| that any change to our hygiene standards
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| | hang around stinking for a whole month,
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| here that might promote bugs we are not
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| | perhaps even longer if the
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| used to, such as keeping festering
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| | "contamination" hasn't been removed
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| garbage within our communities for long
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| | correctly by the time of the next
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| periods so that flies and vermin
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| | collection. These bins are not completely
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| proliferate, could be hazardous to our
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| | air-tight, so every fly, bluebottle, rat
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| health. We can suspect this based on the
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| | and unwanted beast for miles around will
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| evidence we already have, but if we want
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| | be attracted to the bin, and that's nice
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| clear evidence then we might have to wait
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| | for the neighbourhood, isn't it?
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| until people start becoming seriously
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| | A system made for money grabbing? Another
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| ill, or dying. Should we have to do this?
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| | stealth tax? Of course it is! If the real
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| Common sense tells us: we should not live
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| | reason for this system being adopted was
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| in a dirty, filthy, fly and rat infested
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| | truly an attempt to save the planet, then
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| environment.
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| | it makes no sense whatsoever to not empty
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| This poses a very serious question:
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| | a bin, only to then have to use up more
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| should our local authorities only work on
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| | of our vital resources in providing a
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| clear evidence? It is an extremely risky
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| | special collection. As carbon footprints
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| policy for them if they do so, for often
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| | go, this one is large and utterly
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| it will mean abandoning common sense -
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| | indefensible!
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| and that, in the event of something like
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| | Like so many ideas rushed into lately,
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| a life-threatening epidemic, could easily
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| | and eagerly taken on board by those who
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| leave those responsible liable to
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| | are genuinely concerned for our planet,
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| prosecution. Don't you find it somewhat
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| | bi-weekly refuse collection is an ill
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| strange that all those Health & Safety
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| | thought through scheme, but one that was
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| regulations which prohibit us doing so
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| | quickly seized upon by local authorities
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| much these days, have not stopped our
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| | because they could see it was an easy way
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| authorities from taking these risks? I
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| | of making money. However it is slowly
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| mean, have they not carried out their
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| | being realised it is likely to do far
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| risk assessments, like we all have to for
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| | more harm than good to the planet, and
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| everything now? Blow soap bubbles at a
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| | the consequences of it could prove
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| kid's party? No, you mustn't do that!
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| | unimaginable. Frightened now by some of
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| It's no longer allowed in case someone
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| | those possible consequences, and despite
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| should slip up. Venture into the unknown,
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| | all the revenue that they might have
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| with no clear proof it won't be a risk to
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| | squeezed out of us, some authorities are
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| our health? Oh, that's okay! Hmm . . .
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| | already having a change of mind and
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| It stands to reason, the good old common
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| | rapidly making plans to revert to the
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| sense I love to talk about so much, that
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| | weekly collections. That is at least some
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| the quicker we dispose of our waste, the
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| | good news.
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| safer we shall be. We learned this as
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| | Recycling our waste makes sense. We must
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| long ago as 1665 when fleas from the rats
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| | all do it. But how we do it needs to make
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| feeding off our rubbish decimated the
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| | sense too!
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| population, wiping out whole communities
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| | Before I go, I must just mention another
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| in what became known as the Black Death -
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| | ill-conceived idea: Britain's first
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| so why are we abandoning it now? Can you
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| | desalination plant. This has got the
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| imagine our over-stretched health service
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| | go-ahead and will be built in the Thames
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| trying to cope with something on that
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| | Gateway at a cost of some £200 million.
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| scale? It can't cope now - we could be
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| | In return for the meagre supply of fresh
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| decimated again!
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| | water the plant will provide - a mere 140
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| During the summer months one only has to
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| | million litres of drinking water a day -
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| put their nose near to (say) an empty dog
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| | it will pump into the atmosphere a
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| food can, or even a fast food container,
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| | massive 250,000 tonnes of greenhouse
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| just two days after it has been used to
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| | gases a year - and that's every year.
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| know that what unseen things there are
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| | Every single day in London 915 million
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| living in it now aren't good news. The
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| | litres of drinking water are lost through
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| smell can be appalling, and bad smells
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| | the old underground pipes leaking. A
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| are often nature's way of telling us:
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| | one-off purge to replace all the decrepit
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| avoid! We're told councils being
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| | water pipes (like we replaced our gas
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| approached with these problems of
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| | pipes in the seventies) would supply
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| infestations and smells are advising the
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| | London with more than six times the water
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| public to wash out all their cans,
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| | this new plant will produce and, once the
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| disposable trays etc., and wash and
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| | work was completed, without any extra
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| disinfect their wheelie bins too. Really?
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| | greenhouse gases being emitted whatsoever
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| Washing and disinfecting hasn't done much
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| | - and that's every year too!
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| to prevent our hospitals from killing us
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| | If you were in charge of the nation, and
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| with the bugs that proliferated since
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| | you really wanted to save the planet,
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| they changed their standards of hygiene,
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| | what would you be doing?
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| so is it really likely to work on our
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| | "The Bitch!" 21/07/07.
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