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The environment starts at the
The environment starts at the front door, and we have made action to
improve the cleanliness of public spaces and communities a priority.
The 2005 Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act will give local
authorities and regulators the powers they have asked for to tackle litter,
graffiti, abandoned cars, fly-tipping, noise pollution and other
environmental concerns.We will further crack down on environmental
crime, minimising litter, cleaning up graffiti and tackling fly-tipping.
We will extend kerbside collection of at least two types of recyclable
materials to all households in England by 2010. Polluters will have the
opportunity to invest in environmental remediation or new local environmental
projects rather than just pay fines. Rather than ‘polluter
pays’ this new system would mean the ‘polluter improves’.