| Topic: | Re:Recycle bin collection issues | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 15/11/17 23:43:00 |
| Wrong. Unfortunately there are many who just can't/won't/don't do change. Yet packaging and recycling facilities are changing all the time and so are the markets and market prices for recyclate. Councils don't change the system often because it is difficult to do so and since the Government has reduced Council funding they will have also cut staff. The opportunity comes with a change in contract. They don't have the funds to keep on educating a changing population - but there is plenty of info out there. We need to take responsibility for our recycling and waste. Landfill tax has been set to go up year after year to deter its use. EfW has just been criticised again in a report as causing poor air quality. Lakeside EfW (Colnbrook) is expected to be demolished if the Heathrow 3rd Runway goes ahead. Things change... The collection chaps don't have the time to engage with residents. They are trying to improve the quality of the recycling as the recycling companies are all calling for less contamination. It is time that Government was stricter in making sure that packaging is designed to be recycled - there have been changes in that you will see that there is a lot less packaging that is made of mixed material - but not enough. There used to be a lot more rigid plastic inluding that awful globe for a cauliflower. Bin bags were full of unsquashable rigid plastic containers of all shapes and sizes. There is sadly more unrecyclable plastic eg pouches and thin film lids but those are more manageable and reduce the volume of your waste. It does seem that it might have been better to have just left whatever is not recycled in the kerbside collection behind in the box but without the stickers who is going to realise what the problem is? The information has been given out with the bins, I'm sure it has also been in Hounslow Matters several times, and it is also available on the website to check. I've just searched for Hounslow Matters and Page 9 of the June 2017 edition when downloaded and printed makes a good poster to go on the fridge showing what you can put in each box. I did this for university students when they left home and laminated the copy and blutacked it to their fridge. https://www.hounslow.gov.uk Be bothered - it's a shared planet! |