SOME people have asked me to clarify further the ramifications of the EU Recycling Directive which was mentioned in Friday's Advertiser.

The makers of fridges, dishwashers, cookers, computers and other electrical appliances will be forced to pay for the recycling, removal and disposal of worn out equipment under a law being drawn up by Brussels. The cost will eventually be passed onto purchasers or, as currently, the taxpayer. The aim is to have machinery picked up from owner's homes rather than them disposing of appliances at the roadside, in rubbish dumps and shredders. It gets worse, for in the end-of-life recycling directive car makers must recycle all the vehicles they ever made. It was estimated in 1999 that Rover would have to spend £100 million, which would make the company insolvent. Another reason why we are better off out than in the European Union.

MICHAEL MORTON

UK Independence Party, Swindon