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Free biosolids available north of England
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<blockquote data-quote="Goweresque" data-source="post: 6257994" data-attributes="member: 818"><p>Precisely. United Utilities make over £600m in profit every year. How much would that be if they had to pay the true cost of disposing of their waste, instead of palming it off on short sighted farmers? The Water Industry makes profits of £4-5bn per year nationally - thats profits after all the fat cat directors have had their multi-million pound salaries out too. Why are farmers prepared to beggar themselves and their neighbours in search of a few short term pennies, and bend over backwards to increase the profits of massive corporations, when a collective stance would reap far greater long term rewards? All farmers should tell the utility companies to stick their biosolids back where the sun doesn't shine until they pay a proper price to dispose of it, one that compensates the farmer for the long term risks they are taking by spreading the stuff on their land.</p><p></p><p>'Ooohh Mr Multi-Billion Pound Corporation, of course I'll pay to take your waste that would cost you a fortune to get rid anywhere else, its got 27 pence worth of nutrients in it. Don't worry about the heavy metals or micro-plastics, I'm sure no-one will ever notice them!'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goweresque, post: 6257994, member: 818"] Precisely. United Utilities make over £600m in profit every year. How much would that be if they had to pay the true cost of disposing of their waste, instead of palming it off on short sighted farmers? The Water Industry makes profits of £4-5bn per year nationally - thats profits after all the fat cat directors have had their multi-million pound salaries out too. Why are farmers prepared to beggar themselves and their neighbours in search of a few short term pennies, and bend over backwards to increase the profits of massive corporations, when a collective stance would reap far greater long term rewards? All farmers should tell the utility companies to stick their biosolids back where the sun doesn't shine until they pay a proper price to dispose of it, one that compensates the farmer for the long term risks they are taking by spreading the stuff on their land. 'Ooohh Mr Multi-Billion Pound Corporation, of course I'll pay to take your waste that would cost you a fortune to get rid anywhere else, its got 27 pence worth of nutrients in it. Don't worry about the heavy metals or micro-plastics, I'm sure no-one will ever notice them!' [/QUOTE]
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