Waste collection update
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Tuesday, 23 August 11 - 02:03 PM (GMT) By Vincenzo Capozzoli in Bins and Waste |
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Although the council's waste collection crews are back at work the trade unions are still pursuing ‘action short of a strike’ which continues to have an impact on the waste collection service, including further delays to collections.
We continue to use third party collectors to supplement its own waste collection crews.
We are prioritising the collection of black bag waste first followed by dry recyclables and this has meant that currently garden waste and special bulky household waste collections are not taking place.
Please note that as waste collections are likely to be subject to delay, if your bins are not emptied on the scheduled day, please continue to make them available for collection as we will return the following day(s).
If you wish to dispose of this waste yourself please take it to the household waste recycling centre at Endle Street (off Albert Road North) Southampton or Grange Road, Netley. These sites are open 8am – 7pm, 7 days a week.
You can find further information on the councils website.
What a rubbish idea!
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Sunday, 17 August 08 - 05:50 PM (GMT) By Vincenzo Capozzoli in Bins and Waste |
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In yesterdays Saturday Daily Express the paper ran an interesting article looking at councils that claimed fortnightly bin collections would improve lives. It is estimated that nearly half the nation’s local authorities- more than 200- have scrapped traditional weekly bin collections. So overwhelming is the opposition to the idea with the evidence of litter-strewn streets and a big rise in calls to pest controllers that up to 30 councils which introduced bi-monthly rubbish pick-ups have none done U-turns.
One survey shows that 73 percent of people in areas with weekly collections oppose a cut to fortnightly, with only 12 per cent in favour. Trails of fortnightly collections in east Cambridgeshire were also greeted with dismay and the council is now committed to a weekly service. Cuts in collections have been most disastrous in urban areas where there are lots of flats and house-shares. Bins quickly become full and rubbish is strewn on streets to be picked over by rats, foxes and seagulls. The array of boxes and coloured bags only adds to the chaos.
It is with this information that Southampton Conservatives have pledged to keep the weekly bin collection against opposition from other parties in Southampton.
Another article on the issue of weekly bin collection is can be found in the daily telegraph.
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