The issue of bin collections has come up on the doorstep again…quite literally! The alternating fortnightly bin collection has not been a complete disaster. And once we get proper bins to replace the boxes that cause us to accidentally litter our own streets, there’s a clear benefit to the recycling scheme (notwithstanding the problems residents have had with the relocation of those recycling centres).
It doesn’t take much of a walk round, though, and a chat to people, to realise that the fortnightly collection of the green bins works just fine if you’ve got a garden, and perhaps room for a composter. If you’re living in a flat or a smaller property, the bin is on the little piece of ground at the front door; people rightly complain that the smell is awful, and the flies are worse, after only a couple of weeks of summer weather.
I think we need to get together and rethink this. We need a scheme that will work for everyone, that we can afford, and that won’t discourage recycling. It may be that we just need to look at the schedules and frequencies of the different types of collection.
I know this comes up for discussion regularly, and I’d welcome your ideas.
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