Reflecting on last night's Channel 4 Dispatches programme on waste in the UK, I think it told only half a story. This was because it totally ignored commercial waste and focussed on the more emotive and politically motivated suject of domestic kerbside collections.
Whilst the impact on kerbside collecitons and the related waste awareness of the public is high, the environmental, legal, logistical, social and financial implications of the legal duty of care for commercial waste needs to be raised in such arguments for it to be balanced.
It seems Dispatches has a rather one sided view and reveals the obvious rather than investigate and argue. The recent railway Dispatches with Richard Wilson looked at rail travel and had a dig at peak time Friday afternoon travel from London Euston on Virgin Trains. Yes, it's going to be crowded at that time of the week and if you want a quieter train wait an hour is my advice.
Such TV shows, not forgetting C4 is part public funded, should take a balanced view and non sensationalise obvious problems.
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