In England we produce enough rubbish to fill Trafalgar Square to the top of Nelson's Column every day. So how do we stop the country from vanishing under this pile?

Eureka. Some supermarkets have started to see the light in compostable packaging.

If packaging is compostable it is also biodegradable and therefore if it should end up as landfill then mother-nature can take its course without adverse effects on the ground we walk on.

We cannot, however, be expected to hold kitchen waste on our properties for two weeks in line with current thinking.

In hot countries residents have to take their waste to strategically placed, large bins and this facility should be provided for those people who do not produce their own compost.

It can then be removed for central composting without health and safety implications.

At present, most of the plastic bags used are recycled by householders as bin liners. Therefore they must also be compostable if we are to use them for kitchen waste.

This brings me to the Waste Minimisation Act 1998 that needs to be reviewed.

It seems to have lost favour to penalising local government with fines for not reaching Government set Performance Management Targets and householders with spies in their bins.

Some products are actually designed with limited life as its main feature, what a swindle.

All products and packaging should be designed for recycling. In addition, if industries had to use 40 per cent of recycled, instead of new material then a market would be quickly established and traders would be knocking on our doors to buy our waste.

Where there is muck there is money.

Using root cause analysis, the Government should be treating the symptoms instead of the disease.

Prevention is better than cure.

COUN JACK PINKERTON Stanwell North ward