Which is odd. If I had a big enough bin it wouldn't matter whether recycling was collected weekly, monthly, quarterly or even annually. On the other hand general waste including food waste needs to be collected relatively frequently for hygiene reasons. I don't see how it can be safe for organic waste to only be collected once a month.
I agree with you Nigel.
These cut backs are I think more likely driven by attempts to keep money they collected from the residents and use it for other purposes than the residents want and need.
Local councils in the UK have become far too powerful and forget that they are there to serve the public rather than to promote their own political and social objectives. They are absolutely immune to criticism - rather like the BBC. They are always right, and the local government ombudsman is a joke.
Local councils are primarily the bin men and road repair people - neither of which functions they want to perform these days, preferring a whole list of woke garbage instead.
I remember holidays in Paris in the 1970s and 1980s when I stayed with my brother who has lived there since 1975, where each early morning we woke to the sound of bin men emptying the poubelles.
There were I recall strict regulations about not putting bins in the street except at the correct time. Last time I was in London the streets were lined by horrible piles of plastic bags, often ripped open by foxes and stray cats. The stink was abominable. In Newcastle we had stout plastic wheelie bins from about the end of the eighties and we had weekly collections. Now the collections are fortnightly, which is FAR too infrequent - in summer, even an enclosed bin smells if there is organic matter in it. The move to disposable nappies is an additional issue. God knows what that would smell like after a month during summer!
www.bbc.co.uk
www.lgcplus.com
techcrunch.com
www.airport-technology.com
www.privacyguides.org
www.astronomy.com
