| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:They listened! | |
| Posted by: | Raymond Havelock | |
| Date/Time: | 06/12/14 11:17:00 |
| It seems simple common sense. Deploy the things where it is prudent to do so. Streets with driveways and verges with dwellings that can accommodate wheelie bins safely should make for a faster collection and a tidier street. Assuming residents put the things away afterwards. There are plenty of places up and down the country where people simply don't bother and the streets look dishevelled, unkempt and dirty. But terraced streets with no adequate parking, gardens or access are not suitable for these types of bin. They will be almost impossible to use as intended for collection, risking damage to private vehicles and property and will most importantly slow down the collection speed. The difficulties in trying to regularly clean these bins out in confined spaces will present a huge health hazard and they will be a constant eyesore and a dangerous obstruction over the collection time period. If LBH were serious about some of the issues, rather than being stitched up by the desires of the contract holder to sell a load of bins and conversion equipment from their own subsidiaries, then they would have not gone down such a route. This shows a degree of incompetence and gullibility on the part of the officers and the lack of ability amongst councillors to ask incisive and pertinent questions and get clear answers. Which if they have a gram of common sense should be self evident. The better simpler option would be for the council to sell and have authorised resellers a strong black bag that meets a specification. In some disticts bags now have a solution impregnated into them that deters vermin like rodents and foxes. The bags could be sold at cost price and distributed during the plastics collection when weight loads on vehicles are lighter. But I think that most people recycle most stuff and a black box (like the green one) in which to drop a back bag or two into would suffice and be enough to stop the bags being left in a vulnerable state. That is easy to move about and clean and put out of the way until needed. |