Reply to: Brexit rivers of tulip

[DoctorStrangelove]

So now we have firmly established this has nothing to do with Brexit why is it in this forum?

Surely because the forum is full of tulipe & this is the appropriate place?

[Mordac]

The driver shortage is not down to brexit but a combination of IR35 , stay at home civil servants not sorting out the licence backlog and the bloody awful working conditions for the drivers.

HTH

I agree, which is why I said "a tiny bit. Possibly" so as not to upset the doom-mongers.

[malvolio]

It sort of might be a tiny bit to do with Brexit. Possibly.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...mical-shortage


Sewage treatment chemicals have been added to the growing list of products in short supply because of the UK’s chronic lorry driver shortage, it has emerged.

The government has told wastewater plants in England they may be able to discharge effluent that has not been fully treated because of disruption caused by “supply chain failure”.

In a regulatory position statement issued on Tuesday, the Environment Agency introduced a waiver that would mean some companies would not have to go through the third stage in the treatment of sewage if they did not have the right chemicals.

The waiver relates to a feared shortage of availability of ferric sulphate, an acidic solution used to suppress the growth of algae, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

The chemicals industry is the latest in a series of sectors hit by the chronic shortage of lorry drivers caused by Brexit and the pandemic.

The driver shortage is not down to brexit but a combination of IR35 , stay at home civil servants not sorting out the licence backlog and the bloody awful working conditions for the drivers.

HTH

[Mordac]

So now we have firmly established this has nothing to do with Brexit why is it in this forum?

It sort of might be a tiny bit to do with Brexit. Possibly.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...mical-shortage


Sewage treatment chemicals have been added to the growing list of products in short supply because of the UK’s chronic lorry driver shortage, it has emerged.

The government has told wastewater plants in England they may be able to discharge effluent that has not been fully treated because of disruption caused by “supply chain failure”.

In a regulatory position statement issued on Tuesday, the Environment Agency introduced a waiver that would mean some companies would not have to go through the third stage in the treatment of sewage if they did not have the right chemicals.

The waiver relates to a feared shortage of availability of ferric sulphate, an acidic solution used to suppress the growth of algae, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

The chemicals industry is the latest in a series of sectors hit by the chronic shortage of lorry drivers caused by Brexit and the pandemic.

[BR14]

Well we all know you were deported from there for your racism

deported for racism? from NL?

[WTFH]

So now we have firmly established this has nothing to do with Brexit why is it in this forum?

Under EU regulations, the UK water companies were not allowed to dump raw sewage without facing massive fines. Since we no longer have that regulation, the companies can dump raw sewage and pay their shareholders more. The sunlit uplands have a faint whiff of tulip.

[vetran]

So now we have firmly established this has nothing to do with Brexit why is it in this forum?

[WTFH]

now we need a government that does something.

You've got to wait until 02/05/24 for a chance to get that.

[vetran]

The major selling point of privatisation of the water companies was that they could raise finance to modernise the infrastructure. They did not, they just paid the directors large salaries.

Indeed it was happening before Brexit and it will happen after, now we need a government that does something.

[Paddy]

Not an easy problem to fix. It will take umpteen billions to upgrade our systems, so what do we do until that happens?

PS They should be telling us that drinking a bit of pooey water each day is good for you.

The major selling point of privatisation of the water companies was that they could raise finance to modernise the infrastructure. They did not, they just paid the directors large salaries.

[Eirikur]

since 2013 according to the OP's join date

Well we all know you were deported from there for your racism

[Eirikur]

Well it seems the Netherlands still send their tulip here

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...human-waste-uk

So you're agreeing the Brits are stupid for accepting it?

[BR14]

Well it seems the Netherlands still send their tulip here

since 2013 according to the OP's join date

[WTFH]

Well it seems the Netherlands still send their tulip here

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...human-waste-uk

Tulip from Amsterdam?

Anyway, it's good to see that we've got a great turd trade deal there, and they need us more than we need them. Everything is flowing normally through to the UK, no constipation in the process.

[vetran]

Well it seems the Netherlands still send their tulip here

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...human-waste-uk

Sewage sludge containing human waste from the Netherlands has been passed for import to the UK, to be used on farmland as fertiliser, despite concerns over the safety of its use.

Spreading the sludge on farmland is banned in the Netherlands, where incineration is preferred, but allowed in the UK. Dutch water authorities are eyeing the UK as a possible destination for their sewage, after problems at an Amsterdam incineration company left them lacking disposal options.