It is not populism which has caused a waste crisis but a failure to tackle the waste problem. It is time to say the regional waste management structures which we have attempted to put in place have not worked. The facts are there to prove this. Landfills, on which there is still almost complete reliance, are rapidly filling. There is a problem with pollution and low levels of recycling. It seems impossible to reduce the amount of waste being produced while there is huge resistance on the part of the public to pay waste charges. This is all blamed on politicians and called populism. I will return to this issue.