Croydon must think again on fortnightly refuse collections
My local council – Croydon – is planning to scrap weekly refuse collections.
They want to collect refuse fortnightly and food waste only once a week.
I think this is a disgrace and I’m amazed that the councillor responsible, Cllr Phil Thomas, told the Croydon Advertiser (10 June, 2011) that he hadn’t had a single complaint about his plans!
Well, now’s the time for all borough residents to rectify the situation and tell him that scrapping weekly bin collections is not on! I’ve included his email address below. You may also care to copy your protest to the council’s mobile ‘phone text (SMS) contact service that’s normally meant to handle failed collections. How apt, if this change goes ahead.
My suggested text:
Dear Cllr Thomas,
I am asking you to scrap your plans for fortnightly refuse collections. Can you imagine how a Council Taxpayer living in a terrace house with limited storage space will cope?
Can you imagine the stink of two-week-old rubbish, such as soiled nappies?
Your proposed scheme for weekly food waste collections is no compensation whatsoever. Food waste is a tiny fraction of my weekly refuse.
We support the council’s recycling efforts, but you cannot claim that your unpopular plans are somehow ‘green’. I urge to leave the weekly bin collections as they are.
Domestic Refuse Collection
020 8726 6200
SMS - BIN + details to 60660
phil.thomas@croydon.gov.uk
The Daily Telegraph agrees with me! Weekly bin collections are a basic right, they say, and it's something for which everyone pays - an average £120 a month.
But I don't see councils offering a refund for services NOT delivered.
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The Daily Telegraph agrees with me! Weekly bin collections are a basic right, they say, and it's something for which everyone pays - an average £120 a month.
But I don't see councils offering a refund for services NOT delivered.
'It’s a basic right for every Englishman and woman to be able to put the remnants of their chicken tikka masala in their bin without having to wait two weeks for it to be collected.'
ERIC PICKLES AFTER THE ELECTION
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I cannot agree with Christopher John Myers. All sensible Croydon residents recycle as much as possible of their household waste. So many things can now be recycled: paper, plastic, metal, glass, garden waste and soon, for all households, food waste. Other items can be collected and taken on occasional trips to the Purley Recycling Centre: batteries, ICT equipment, spectacles, food containers, metal, hardcore, wood, books, the list goes on! Christoper could even organise to collect these up for his friends and neighbours thus cutting down on the total of car journeys to the dump. Christopher will do well to rethink what he places in his wheelie bin! It is better to make a meal of left overs than dump out perfectly good food. Fruit and vegetable peelings can be composted and the compost used in what I am sure is Christopher's extensive garden to enrich the soil to 'grow his own'. I challenge Christopher to do this and then to post a comment with detail about what he actually disposes of in his wheelie bin. There is very little that can not be recycled. Disposable nappies are of course an issue for some, but has he ever thought of getting in touch with 'The Real Nappy Network' to see what they are doing to counteract this problem?
ReplyDeleteIn todays 'Big Society' we are ALL responsible and should take that responsibility seriously instead of complaining and expecting everything to be done for us.
In posting this, I exempt other members of Christopher's household from any element of blame!