Down in the Dumps......What green economy?

About the Book

Does the UK green economy have any chance of long term success in the UK? This is a story about a joint UK trading standards and environment agency investigation into a complaint made about the Manchester waste industry. The aim of the book is to outline, based on evidence, the lack of protection for genuine green companies that have to compete with those that are mere marketing illusions. In addition it delves into the current topic of defamation law interferring in scientific debates and asks the question whether public interest dabates should be protected from this draconian law.

About the Author

1. I have worked in the waste industry for almost 20 years after coming from an accountancy and scientific background, and take the view that the UK government has a long way to go before it can claim to be supporting a thriving green economy. I have now moved into politics to promote my views based around what I believe to be sound environmental practice. My book, based on evidence freely availabe and in the public domain, shows how difficult it is to make a scientific point without having the threat of an expensive defamation law suit, and how ill equipped the UK government is to protect genuine green companies who are the foundations for a brighter future. 2. It is my duty to write this book as an example of how elected people place political spin on the environment and the green economy without actually understanding it. 3. I live in Manchester and want to dedicate the rest of my working life to promoting sound environmental practice on a commercial level