Haringey
Packaging tax
Litter from fast food and packaging is a blight on London. Consumers who litter fail to pay any cost for their litter. Consumers who don't litter subsidise, through taxes, those that do litter. Recycling levels are too low. Combine the two issues into a monetary incentive to recycle and a tax on litter. All re-cylcable packaging sold with food in London should have a tax attached. The return of the packaging would generate repayment of the tax to the returning customer. Say, glass bottles (£0.50), plastic bottles (£0.10), other packaging (including fast food) the tax would depend on type. Net revenue (tax - less returns) used to pay specifically for cleaning the streets.
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levermonkey
I have another idea.
Perform a survey on all street litter collected in a certain area over a month and then use this information to charge the top twenty offenders the full cost of street cleansing for the next six months. Repeat.
Historical side note. It was sugested to Hitler that there should be a leaflet drop over Britain suggesting that we should surrender. Hitler rejected the idea as there was so much litter in Britain that the leaflet drop would pass unnoticed.