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Recycling to reach 16,600 more York homes
8:41am Tuesday 13th July 2010
FORTNIGHTLY recycling collections are set to be rolled out to an additional 16,600 homes across York over the next few months.
Members of City of York Council’s Executive will be asked to approve the timetable at a meeting next week, leaving only 750 remaining properties within the city’s boundary without a full recycling scheme.
Councillors will also look at options for recycling and household waste collections in Leeman Road, Poppleton Road and Acomb.
Three thousand homes in these areas started receiving fortnightly waste and recycling collections in April, based on the results of a trial in The Groves area.
A council spokeswoman said some residents had been unhappy with the changes, particularly about having to carry refuse to the front of their homes for collection.
If agreed, residents in Beaconsfield Street, Gladstone Street and Milner Street will be given a choice of whether to use wheeled bins or sacks, and whether refuse is picked up from the front of their property or from a central collection point.
A group, comprising local councillors, council representatives, the police and local community groups, might be set up in the Leeman Road area to help residents review the scheme and suggest any necessary changes.
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sciencefan, York says...
10:37am Tue 13 Jul 10
hifive, says...
11:11am Tue 13 Jul 10
sheps lad, york says...
12:31pm Tue 13 Jul 10
hifive wrote:Fully agree h, my recycling boxes are always full (apart from the one for glass). My landfill bin is only ever half full even after two weeks.Think we should get a reduction in our council tax for being responsible citizens.
If people have the ful recycling collection, they shouldn't have enough landfill refuse to warrant a weekly collection.
fate, york says...
1:27pm Tue 13 Jul 10
The Audit Commission - which monitors local government spending - has been told to stop encouraging councils to save money with fortnightly collections" - bbc news 18th June
We have fortnightly collections in the Groves and they are a disaster forcing people to keep three wheelie bins in their front garden due to the lack of access to the rear.
Also the council refuse to take any rubbish not in the wheelie bin although they insist there is NO LEGAL RESTRICTION on the amount of rubbish you can present.
As for council tax refunds. I don't ride a bike so never use the cycle ways, can I get a refund?
Good for you for reducing your rubbish but perhaps penalising shops for excess packaging should be the way to go. You don't stop a water leak by letting the water run and bailing out. You stop the source.
hifive, says...
3:19pm Tue 13 Jul 10
Same here sheps lad - I barely fill the landfill bin, I'd definitely graciously accept an incentive from the council but won't hold my breath!
Ben Guela, Taddy Road, York College says...
4:03pm Tue 13 Jul 10
Perhaps we will get weekly collections, not two-weekly.
leninwasright, york says...
5:48pm Tue 13 Jul 10
fate, york says...
2:42pm Wed 14 Jul 10
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