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Offline Merddin Emrys

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #225 on: December 01, 2017, 10:24:05 pm »
Thanks for correcting the image Ian!   $good$
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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #226 on: December 02, 2017, 08:11:49 am »
 $thanx$
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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #227 on: December 05, 2017, 06:06:34 pm »
Conwy Council shelve plans for a 4 week black bin collection



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-42243420

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #228 on: December 06, 2017, 10:30:02 pm »
The wind is over 40 mph outside and it's bin day tomorrow, it'll be interesting to see if anyone has put their bin out tonight.
Mine's in the garage and staying there until the morning

Offline Bri Roberts

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #229 on: December 06, 2017, 10:39:42 pm »
No wind down here, Hugo.

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #230 on: December 07, 2017, 09:34:42 am »
You're lucky then Bri,  I took my dog for a walk yesterday and didn't go on my normal walk as the tall trees were swaying like mad and I didn't fancy one landing on my bonce.
Those trees were near to this one that came down a while ago when I went out one morning with my dog

Offline SteveH

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #231 on: January 23, 2018, 04:47:37 pm »
Conwy Council bin collections to be every four weeks
Councillors have voted to try out monthly bin collections in Conwy.

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« Reply #232 on: January 23, 2018, 06:56:35 pm »
"The cabinet also decided to put extra measures in place to help residents recycle, including free collection of large items"

Wonder what that will comprise?
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Offline Fester

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« Reply #233 on: January 24, 2018, 12:29:13 am »
Conwy Council bin collections to be every four weeks
Councillors have voted to try out monthly bin collections in Conwy.

Hang on, that was only voted upon and instantly dismissed by a large majority only a month or so ago.
What’s changed “
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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #234 on: January 24, 2018, 08:16:07 am »
The specific committee involved threw it out, and then the council as a whole decided to reinstate it.
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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #235 on: January 24, 2018, 09:09:06 am »
The scrutiny comittee went against the four week bin idea it had to go to cabinet ,this new cabinet didn't have the guts to go with that so it had to go back to scrutiny who still said no to four week so yesterday cabinet voted the four week ,one Tory member ( mayor in kinmell bay lied and said he'd had no objections ,But he'd received loads   It's going to cost more to clean the flytipping ,  another thing Andrew wilkinson the manager in charge admitted to me that the trolley blocks were not big enough says it all with this council 😡

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #236 on: January 24, 2018, 10:32:01 am »
Yes...this really does belong in the CCBC Incompetence topic...
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Offline Meleri

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #237 on: January 24, 2018, 04:24:54 pm »
I think I have found out the reason why the Cabinet have voted for the 4 week bin collection.

CCBC have been doing a trial in some areas of 4 weekly collections and the findings are the recycling increased by 14% in those areas, whereas the 3 weekly collection only increased by 4%. Also the 4 weekly areas reduced the amount of refuse in the wheelie bins by 31% and the 3 weekly only 20%.


At the Cabinet meeting the description of alternatives considered were:-

Option A) Do Nothing. There will be a revenue budget shortfall of £100,000 therefore a revenue budget overspend.

Option B) Maintain current level of refuse collection with £100,000 support to align revenue budget with democratic decision.

Option C)  Based on a future democratic decision there will be a £240,000 saving on the existing budget.


So it looks as if the Cabinet didn't have much choice if they are looking for cutting costs. I don't agree with the 4 weekly collection especially in the summer months, but I'm sure the rats, flies and seagulls will be in their element.

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #238 on: January 24, 2018, 04:27:58 pm »
They did have a choice Meleri.
2 in fact,
1, Look at cutting out some of the inept, useless and overpaid management at CCBC.
2, Stop wasting money and time on ‘Scrutiny Committees’ which they ignore the output from anyway!

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Offline Meleri

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Re: Recycling across the area
« Reply #239 on: January 24, 2018, 05:09:09 pm »
Very fair points there Fester but who is going to tell them that, hardly going to take their snouts out of the trough are they.