20 Quotes by Ben Bradshaw

Significant changes must be made if government-owned and commercial ships are to be recycled in acceptable conditions. In some countries workers can be exposed to an extremely dangerous environment. Poor conditions can lead to significant pollution.

Certain adhesives that are used in the production of some direct mail can contaminate the recycling process and consequently make recycling difficult and expensive in certain cases.

We have trebled recycling since 1997 but we need to do far more. We must start to see waste as a resource.

The fact that 17 countries supported this representation, shows how important this issue is, and the depth of feeling around the world.

We would only order the housing of birds if there was an outbreak in this country.

We are still in first gear. The amount of waste we produce continues to rise and much of this still goes to landfill. Compared with many other European countries we still produce more, but recycle less, household waste per head.

Every person in England is currently recycling enough to fill eight green wheelie bins, but they could be filling over 20.

The time for words is over. We know what the problem is, there's been lots of conferences about it, lots of meetings, lots of declarations, now what we need is action.

I see no reason why we won't start seeing a marked difference in the quality of our Neighborhoods within the next two or three years.