Recycling across the area

[Hugo]

On the green stacker bins the top bin for the papers has a yellow coloured lock on it.     If the other two bins for bottles and plastics also had a yellow lock on it that should stop any litter from blowing away.
I know that the bins can blow away too but the house holder should put their address on the individual bins so that they can be returned to them in the event of the bins blowing away

[Hugo]

Just realised that the plastic and bottle bins have no lids so at the moment they can't be locked, but perhaps a lid on both bons would be an idea for the future?

[DaveR]

When CCBC. First introduced the trolley blocs they knew they were. Not fit for purpose,   We had meetings with them,   I said you did a trial run with so many properties  yes.   And the feed back was a 100% no good.   But 3 wagons have been in the builder st depot for over a year and you had ordered. Many thousands of the trolleys.  Yes.  But too late to turn back.    And the bosses wondered why we all laughed at them.

Exactly. Their introduction locally was the brainchild of Cllr Mike Priestley and many people said that they wouldn't work but CCBC didn't want to listen. I've seen so many damaged boxes in the last couple of days, not to mention the litter everywhere from the boxes, and this happens everytime there is a gale.

It's also disappointing to see smashed bottles etc from a recycling box outside someone's house and they can't be bothered to clean it up. 

[Hugo]

It's also disappointing to see smashed bottles etc from a recycling box outside someone's house and they can't be bothered to clean it up. 

That's so annoying to see, what's up with these type of people who can't be bothered to clean up in front of their own property or even nearby for that matter       

[Ian]

I believe the current recycling and rubbish disposal system is broken.  It's badly thought through, stupidly designed in some ways and with no thought for the future.

For example,

1. we now have a total of 10 different boxes to sort, often with different collecting days and a lack of clear signage.

2. Information about what can be collected in which container changes.

3. The CCBC website and the boxes themselves give different information.

Here's a list on the CCBC website as to what can be recycled in the top box:

Newspaper
Office paper
Magazines
Junk mail
White/coloured envelopes
Directories
Catalogues
Greeting cards
White, grey or coloured card
Egg boxes
Toilet rolls
Books without spines or covers

but because refuse 'crews' have been instructed simply to leave behind what they believe shouldn’t go in the top box (If the collection crew notices an incorrect item in your Trolibocs (such as plastic film in the plastics box) this item will be left behind), the system risks descending into anarchic chaos.  If we look at the items in bold print (above) the crews are often refusing to take them because they believe they ought not to go in the top box.

But it doesn't end there...

The middle box:

Plastic bottles
Plastic containers and tubs
Drink cartons
Tetra Pak cartons
Food and drink cans and tins
Aerosols
Foil

Originally, the advice to householders was 'all plastic' but that's now been changed to exclude "...plastic bags or wrappers, hard plastic such as toys or washing up bowls."

Working out what constitutes 'hard plastic' is by no means easy.  Ready meals, for example, are often sold in apparently hard plastic containers. And many plastic bottles are seemingly as hard as steel.  That's before we examine what constitutes a 'wrapper'.

All this constitutes only a single box. There are another eight or nine to deal with. The system is broken and getting worse.

[Hugo]

£35 cost warning to anyone with a wheelie bin as more storms set to hit Wales
Storms can see wheelie bins thrown across streets - and if this happens, you could be 'out of pocket
Residents with wheelie bins outside their homes are being cautioned that they could face fines as the Met Office has revealed that further storms are set to hit Wales. The stormy weather often results in wheelie bins being tossed into streets, which can lead to litter being strewn about and potential damage to vehicles and property.

Mark Hall from Businesswaste.co.uk has warned that if your bin causes such issues, you might "find yourself out of pocket"


https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/35-cost-warning-anyone-wheelie-30871771

[SteveH]

We do tie our bins to our gate, and if we know it is going to be windy, we do not put them out, but as there are only two of us, I appreciate not everyone has this choice, however, the bins after being emptied are not always retied back onto the gate 

I did a search for bin straps, quite a selection..............

 link.......... https://www.google.com/search?q=rachet+straps+for+bins&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB813GB813&oq=rachet+straps+for+bins&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyCggFEAAYgAQYogQyCggGEAAYgAQYogQyCggHEAAYgAQYogQyCggIEAAYgAQYogTSAQoxOTU1NmoxajE1qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Hugo]

That's a good idea of yours Steve and it could also be applied to the green stacker bins.    The top bin has a yellow lock on it so it's securebut if the 3 bins had an elastic strap holding them all together then it must help a bit.
Our black and the brown bin are normally too heavy to be blown over but we keep the green stacker bins in the garage until the day of collection.   The green bins are never collected before 8.00 am so we just bring the bins down just before the binmen come around.     It works for us but won't for everyone

[SteveH]

Thousands of sites potentially contaminated with toxic chemicals in Britain have never been checked by councils, a BBC investigation has found.

Nine out of 10 "high-risk" areas have not been tested by councils responding to a BBC Freedom of Information request and scientists fear they could pose a health risk as they are thought to contain substances such as lead or arsenic.

The BBC Shared Data Unit found of 13,093 potentially toxic sites that councils have identified as high risk, only 1,465 have been inspected.

The UK government said local unitary authorities had a statutory duty to inspect potentially contaminated sites but councils claim they do not have the money to do it.

The Environmental Protection Act, external requires councils to list all potential contaminated sites, and inspect the high-risk ones to make sure people and property are not at risk.

But after contacting all 122 unitary authorities in Wales, Scotland and England about their contaminated land, 73 responded to the BBC's Shared Data Unit Freedom of Information request which revealed there were 430,000 potential sites identified in the early 2000s.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gez4zgk8ko