Comment

Representation ID: 13234

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Angela Wadeley

Concerning business and industry needs, we are supposed to be encouraging low carbon, light, hi-tech, high wage industries with a smaller footprint to that of the old heavy industry on which the Black Country area was built. Building on undeveloped land is obviously cheaper and easier but surely with foresight and ambition we could build on former and underused existing business sites. Remediation is a valuable, usually sustainable income stream with many positives to bring back land into use. Businesses are already showing that recycling can be profitable as well as reducing Greenhouse gas emissions. Where is our innovation?