mogish
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Post by mogish on Jul 23, 2024 21:47:01 GMT
A subject I know a bit about. I manage recycling centres for a local authority. Some restrictions placed on trade waste are genuinely designed to reduce cost and ensure traders pay for disposal either via landfill gate fees or via commercial bins/skip uplifts.
However, some restrictions imo, are simply to reduce site tonnage and processing costs to either the local council or the appointed council owned arms length organisation.
They have a legal obligation to provide recycling to households but will use every trick to reduce transport costs, landfill costs, processing costs etc etc and justify it by claiming restrictions are for health and safety or reduced site visits, lack of recycling etc.
Don't be fooled by councils green policy or bullshit corporate statements.
There is usually another agenda.
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Post by overthehill on Jul 24, 2024 9:05:39 GMT
A subject I know a bit about. I manage recycling centres for a local authority. Some restrictions placed on trade waste are genuinely designed to reduce cost and ensure traders pay for disposal either via landfill gate fees or via commercial bins/skip uplifts. However, some restrictions imo, are simply to reduce site tonnage and processing costs to either the local council or the appointed council owned arms length organisation. They have a legal obligation to provide recycling to households but will use every trick to reduce transport costs, landfill costs, processing costs etc etc and justify it by claiming restrictions are for health and safety or reduced site visits, lack of recycling etc. Don't be fooled by councils green policy or bullshit corporate statements. There is usually another agenda.
Who else thinks that your council is responsible for most of the litter and rubbish lying about due to overflowing shared bins. After a windy night it is carnage and most of that litter will never be picked up again. It has to be cheaper to collect the rubbish which has been deposited in a bin rather than pick it up after it has been scattered for miles. Even constantly have to pick up rubbish lying around the bin because they are full is efficiency madness.
Reducing collection frequency is a garbage policy and has made zero difference but provides the council with more money to waste and make themselves look better than they are. It means they don't need to stop all the pilfering by employees. They are now suggesting every 3 weeks for the main bin, just clowns. They've even got the nerve to charge an extra £50 a year if you want the brown garden bin collected, green policy my a***, they can sing for it.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 24, 2024 12:50:04 GMT
A subject I know a bit about. I manage recycling centres for a local authority. Some restrictions placed on trade waste are genuinely designed to reduce cost and ensure traders pay for disposal either via landfill gate fees or via commercial bins/skip uplifts. However, some restrictions imo, are simply to reduce site tonnage and processing costs to either the local council or the appointed council owned arms length organisation. They have a legal obligation to provide recycling to households but will use every trick to reduce transport costs, landfill costs, processing costs etc etc and justify it by claiming restrictions are for health and safety or reduced site visits, lack of recycling etc. Don't be fooled by councils green policy or bullshit corporate statements. There is usually another agenda.
Who else thinks that your council is responsible for most of the litter and rubbish lying about due to overflowing shared bins.
Not sure about that: It depends a bit on location/type of location. Roadside litter is coming mainly from 2 sources: lorries/vans driving around carrying waste of some form that are not properly secured with tarpaulins; and litter chucked out of vehicle windows. Oh, and fly tipping of course. I used to do some volunteer litter picking. We've cleaned up roadsides of huge amounts of litter only to have zillions of empty stella cans (its almost always Stella for some reason) reappear in weeks, only with the normal detritus shed from backs of skips/vans etc. On stretches of road where the concept of litter bins is an irrelevance.
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mogish
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Post by mogish on Jul 24, 2024 17:18:24 GMT
Overthehill.... without sounding like a typical council worker, most LA split household waste ie bins and recycling centres. Ours are different departments. Can see the logic in them being one, however senior management see if differently so in our council, anything to do with streets, domestic waste, parks etc are undet one roof, waste as an end product is managed and processed by another .
People of the YK need to take pride in their surroundings and not expect councils to do (and pay) for everything.
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Post by keitha on Jul 25, 2024 9:51:23 GMT
Overthehill.... without sounding like a typical council worker, most LA split household waste ie bins and recycling centres. Ours are different departments. Can see the logic in them being one, however senior management see if differently so in our council, anything to do with streets, domestic waste, parks etc are undet one roof, waste as an end product is managed and processed by another . People of the YK need to take pride in their surroundings and not expect councils to do (and pay) for everything. The Councils like the Government have no money, it is our money that pays for both. Thus if you chuck a mattress in a hedge it is your money in the form of Council tax that pays for the guys to collect it. Personally I think that we need everyone to pay a percentage of council tax, so that everyone sees the cost of litter fly tipping etc.
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Post by benaj on Jul 25, 2024 10:15:27 GMT
Just saw a PHV driver threw a can of coca cola while driving in the residential area.
A couple of weeks ago, I witnessed a cabbie emptying rubbish in the bin within the fuel station. I suppose the bin there doesn’t go to recycling. He’s probably done a better job for the environment but still no recycling.
May be to have some general and recycling bins installed near any refuelling / charging points could reduce some of the problems.
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Post by mogish on Jul 25, 2024 13:18:33 GMT
It's called responsibility and pride in your surroundings.
Unfortunately the UK has slipped into a mire with folk expecting someone else to do everything for them.
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Post by benaj on Jul 25, 2024 13:36:48 GMT
Unfortunately, not everyone takes responsibility these days. I suppose the education aren’t doing enough to ensure everyone respects community and environment.
Although “Life in the UK” tests applicants their responsibilities for living here, applicants are not being observed or requested showing evidence that they look after the area in which they live and the environment.
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