Paul Bettison of the LGA told the BBC's Today programme that the UK should look to importing fresh supplies of salt.

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Paul Bettison, chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA) Environment Board, said eight councils had to prioritise supplies to focus on the most important roads.

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Paul Bettison, who chairs the LGA's environment board, told the BBC food scrap collections might help reduce some of the smells caused by fortnightly waste collections.

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However, Paul Bettison, who chairs the environment board of the Local Government Association, said the government's "lack of clarity" on the matter in recent weeks had been "unhelpful".

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