GB News commentator Dawn Neesom has criticised the new waste management rules requiring multiple bins for English households, calling the system "ridiculous".
Speaking on GB News, Neesom highlighted what she sees as inefficiencies in the current recycling collection system.
Neesom responded: "They've got five bins outside where they've put them all in separately glass, plastic, cardboard. And then it all goes in the same lorry that's just collected.
"Our one big dump bin. All this bin malarkey. I mean, it's just ridiculous."
Political commentator Dominic Moffitt said: "This is good news because we're getting less bins outside, but you still got four.
"But this is a good thing because this is going to result in higher recycling rates. It's going to result in regular collection of food, smelly food waste.
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"So you're not going to have that around. That will still be collected weekly and you're going to have higher recycling rates.
Dawn said: "All rubbish should be collected weekly. Well you tell that to local authority budgets."
Moffitt said: "I don't need a pile of cardboard collected weekly if that can sit around for weeks. Nothing happens to it."
Under the new Government rules, every household in England will be required to have four bins by March 2025.
The system represents a significant scaling back from the initial Conservative policy introduced in 2023, which had proposed up to seven bins.
The Government's 'Simpler Recycling in England' policy update confirms this is the maximum default requirement for homes and workplaces.
A key feature of the new rules mandates that food waste must be collected from households at least weekly.
Local councils will maintain some flexibility in how they implement the system, with bins potentially taking the form of bags, stackable boxes or traditional wheelie bins.
The policy aims to end the current 'postcode lottery' where recycling schemes vary between different council areas.
Councils have been granted flexibility in how they manage certain waste streams, according to the policy document.
Local authorities can combine food and garden waste collections, as there is "no evidence that this would affect their ability to be recycled or composted."
The policy pushes for paper and card to be collected separately from other dry recyclables to maintain quality.
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Speaking on GB News, Neesom highlighted what she sees as inefficiencies in the current recycling collection system.
Neesom responded: "They've got five bins outside where they've put them all in separately glass, plastic, cardboard. And then it all goes in the same lorry that's just collected.
"Our one big dump bin. All this bin malarkey. I mean, it's just ridiculous."
Political commentator Dominic Moffitt said: "This is good news because we're getting less bins outside, but you still got four.
"But this is a good thing because this is going to result in higher recycling rates. It's going to result in regular collection of food, smelly food waste.
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"So you're not going to have that around. That will still be collected weekly and you're going to have higher recycling rates.
Dawn said: "All rubbish should be collected weekly. Well you tell that to local authority budgets."
Moffitt said: "I don't need a pile of cardboard collected weekly if that can sit around for weeks. Nothing happens to it."
Under the new Government rules, every household in England will be required to have four bins by March 2025.
The system represents a significant scaling back from the initial Conservative policy introduced in 2023, which had proposed up to seven bins.
The Government's 'Simpler Recycling in England' policy update confirms this is the maximum default requirement for homes and workplaces.
A key feature of the new rules mandates that food waste must be collected from households at least weekly.
Local councils will maintain some flexibility in how they implement the system, with bins potentially taking the form of bags, stackable boxes or traditional wheelie bins.
The policy aims to end the current 'postcode lottery' where recycling schemes vary between different council areas.
Councils have been granted flexibility in how they manage certain waste streams, according to the policy document.
Local authorities can combine food and garden waste collections, as there is "no evidence that this would affect their ability to be recycled or composted."
The policy pushes for paper and card to be collected separately from other dry recyclables to maintain quality.
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