[garinda]

I noticed in this weekend's Observer a self congratulatory article, were HBC have reached self imposed recycling targets. All very laudable, however, since all rubbish from council offices is classed as trade waste, the revelation that council employees are encouraged to take home waste to recycle, as there is no provision in the borough for trade waste to be recycled, seems a little puzzling.

The puzzle being that the information that no trade waste in Hyndburn can't, and isn't being recycled, first came to my attention because someone who was loathed to put glass in with their trade waste, was issued with a threat of a fine because they put some glass bottles in with their residential recycling.

Is this another example of one rule for the council, and another rule for the rest of us?

Has anyone from the council been issued with a notice and threat of fines, because they are disposing of trade waste through the residential recycling scheme?

I doubt it.