| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Council is to blame for flytipping epidemic | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 18/07/25 13:18:00 |
| I think you can take recycling rates with a bit of a pinch of salt. The biggest mistake was to have those enormously huge wheelie bins because it isn't obvious what is in them and offers far too much space in the black residual waste bin. Many Councils reduced the size of the wheelie bins after residents' anxieties over the amount of waste they would need to dispose of became clear and they learnt how to REDUCE their waste. There will be a problem at this time of year with students leaving rented accommodation and having not managed to dispose of what they no longer want and can't take with them when they return home - or wherever. TOO MUCH STUFF! Unscrupulous landlords will employ unscrupulous workers to remove whatever has been left and tart up the accommodation for re-letting. What while they were living there was treated as household waste to those living there becomes chargeable business waste to those removing it later. It is a shame that there are fewer charity shops than there were prior to the pandemic. As it was much easier to deal with unwanted stuff then. In Oxford there was at one time a system set up by one or other of the universities whereby they helped their students by taking this stuff off them to pass on. I guess they may have had volunteers who weren't desperate to celebrate end of exams and who were able to give their time to advertising online and then disposing of/sharing out what they gained for those in need and various charities. |