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Friday, August 15
Notes on a Dirty Island
Notes on a Dirty Island was a really good Panorama fronted by Bill Bryson about litter.
Yeah, I can't link to a persistent video and - of course - I can't embed.
[Shakes fist] C'mon BBC!
You will find it on iplayer and a google video search, but not for long. Otherwise, here's the sole YouTube clip.
In an otherwise excellent report there was one aspect very noticeable by its absence - the responsibility of business. The sole aspect which covered this was about bottles and cans and how a deposit scheme is opposed by industry because it's "not profitable". And seeing someone like Joan Ruddock parroting this industry line summed up nu labor's creepiness like nothing else.
The issue isn't just lazy, chavvy Brits. It's also the producers of products taking some - any - responsibility for what happens after they're sold. Think rubbish around fast-food outlets and you can see the area Bill chose to ignore.
This was the only thing which marred an otherwise excellent. rare raising of this usually ignored agenda.
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