13 December - Widespread waste
I
have been banging on about this for more than four years, before Country Style took over from Serco anyway.
The big paper bin across the road from me has always had a damaged hinge such
that the lid cannot be locked. It may not have been delivered in that
condition but it was certainly like it from within a few weeks of installation.
It is quite useful for getting rid of large cartons
(32 Amazon parcels to my address in November!) but unfortunately it is
abused by residents who either cannot read English or do not understand Civic
responsibility - or both. Last month someone deposited a demolished bathroom on top of a
valuable load of Amazon boxes etc. (Photo 1, 17th November) It was
mentioned
here on 17th November.
The bathroom was soon buried by more cardboard (Photo 2, 10th December) because Country Style cannot be
bothered to empty the bin often enough but yesterday a large Transit style van
turned up at six in the morning and as far as I could see in the dark, the crew
was
sorting through the contents of the bin and took the old bathroom away.
The bin was left uncontaminated and half full of paper and cardboard. (Photo 3,
13th December.)
Excellent apart from the fact that they left a single Christmas card envelope
lying on the ground. One with my name on it!
Can that dawn raid be proof that someone at Country Style reads Bonkers? How
else would they know that broken tiles lay under the Cornflakes box?
I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that a contaminated bin or fly
tip costs, on average, around £300 to sort out. How much do replacement large bins cost? No idea, but it
cannot be more than the constant need to attend to a bin with a broken hinge
several times a year.
It may not seem much, but waste on this scale repeated across the borough will
be
costing taxpayers a fortune. All it needs is a handyman with a few tools to fix the
thing. And a manager with a brain.
A few older bin blogs
26th April 2021
9th August 2021
30th November 2021
19th January 2022
21st January 2022
16th February 2022
27th February 2022
27th May 2022