Isn’t it interesting how all of a sudden, a lot of media stories – and government policies – are becoming more ecologically-based?

Two this week came to my attention – first the “green rating” of houses when they go up for sale, as part of the HIP (Home Information Pack) concept that’s being introduced in June 2007. Of course, it’s a bit half-arsed, as there’d be no financial incentives to home-buyers for buying a house that was more ecological/green than another.

The second one, which interested me more, was about the possibility of charging people more for rubbish collection if they don’t sort their recyclable stuff from the normal household crap.

To me, that’s a good idea – we need to increase the amount we recycle, and anything that works to persuade people to do so is, to me, a good thing. It still amazes me on our refuse collection day, seeing how much recyclable stuff we have in comparison to the other people on our street. Maybe we end up with a lot more packaging etc. that is able to be recycled, but I don’t think so – I think that at the moment most people still see it as “easier” to just chuck everything into one bin, instead of sorting it out.

Don’t expect much in the way of posts today (Thursday) and tomorrow.

I’m going to be at @Media 2006, which means I’ll be leaving Bracknell at about 7am each day in order to get there in time. So posts may just be a little bit lacking.

I’ll write more on Saturday, once my brain’s done all the necessary processing, and catching up on sleep etc.