Just left the Town Hall.

[Chris_Boro]

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Can you please refrain from posting pictures of me on the Internet. Thank you.

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

Yes green waste will be fortnightly.
Recycling will remain fortnightly.
General waste will go fortnightly. If there are 3 or more in your household, you will receive a larger 240ltr bin free. If there is 2 or less you can purchase a further 120ltr bin for a one off charge of £40.

Would there be an option to buy a single 240ltr bin instead of having to have two 120ltr ones?

I just think it would be tidier to have the one bin. Cheers.

 

[Way_Out_West]

Out of 295 councils in England:

239 collect recycling and rubbish fortnightly on alternating weeks
13 collect recycling fortnightly and rubbish every three weeks

This means just over 85 per cent no longer collect rubbish or recycling every week

A success story for other councils

Welcome to Wokingham Borough Council website - giving you access to services and information we provide for residents, businesses and visitors

www.wokingham.gov.uk

 

[TheLodger]

Would there be an option to buy a single 240ltr bin instead of having to have two 120ltr ones?

I just think it would be tidier to have the one bin. Cheers.

I’m not sure mate, this is something I’ll ask.

 

[OnTheDeck]

Yes green waste will be fortnightly.
Recycling will remain fortnightly.
General waste will go fortnightly. If there are 3 or more in your household, you will receive a larger 240ltr bin free. If there is 2 or less you can purchase a further 120ltr bin for a one off charge of £40.

Thanks for clarifying

 

[AytonMews]

If most of your bin is cat litter, you need a new system honestly.

We have 3 adult bengals with 2 trays between them, they're both cleaned out every morning. We use wood pellet litter, which turns to sawdust when used. The trays we use are Brit pet sieve trays so when cleaning them you shake the tray and used litter falls through, then you scoop out the turds. Takes 5 mins a day, but means you don't throw out the entire litter every day, and a 30L bag lasts us about 2 months. The daily amount of litter in the bin is therefore very low

Before this we were having to change out the entire litter every day and were using one 30L bag a week

What about the p!ss?

 

[Norfolkred1]

How will the binmen know if you’ve paid to have your bins emptied.

They will employ someone on 40k a year to scan your bin

 

[Loop]

Such sensationalism. A bin collection every 2 weeks is the norm across the country, not the exception. My local council has had it that way as long as I can remember, and it's fine. I'm sure the good citizens of Middlesbrough will get used to it.

It's not, it literally happens every week. Bin lids unable to close and bags at the side for collection every week.

 

[Norfolkred1]

Only 2 of us in our house, we empty our household bin once a month normally and the recycle as and when.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

It's not, it literally happens every week. Bin lids unable to close and bags at the side for collection every week.

They'll be the families who don't recycle, we have them in our street too.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Only 2 of us in our house, we empty our household bin once a month normally and the recycle as and when.

We can miss the bin collection for a few weeks but can't miss the recycling, just two of us too.

 

[AytonMews]

Only 2 of us in our house, we empty our household bin once a month normally and the recycle as and when.

Does the food waste not get a bit stinky? Especially in the summer

 

[Norfolkred1]

Does the food waste not get a bit stinky? Especially in the summer

We have very little smelly food waste TBF, probably tatty peel and the like plus the main bin is outside. Dear Council, can I have a rebate.

 

[TheLodger]

Middlesbrough's recycling rate is a very poor 30%, only Stockton is lower locally.

Moving to fortnightly general waste will increase recycling, we hope to increase it to at least 35%.

 

[AytonMews]

Moving to fortnightly general waste will increase recycling, we hope to increase it to at least 35%.

It will increase people putting stuff in their recycling bin, yes, but not necessarily recyclable stuff

 

[TheLodger]

We have very little smelly food waste TBF, probably tatty peel and the like plus the main bin is outside. Dear Council, can I have a rebate.

There is a government direction for councils to start collecting food waste, we expect to be doing so in the next 2/3 years.

 

[AytonMews]

Boro council need to figure out what to do with all the pizza and parmo boxes

 

[TheLodger]

It will increase people putting stuff in their recycling bin, yes, but not necessarily recyclable stuff

With the help of green and recycling charities and government organisations we are planning a huge educational program in the next few weeks.

 

[TheLodger]

Boro council need to figure out what to do with all the pizza and parmo boxes

I've actually asked the question if we can somehow levy a charge to takeaways that don't provide boxes that can be fully recycled.

 

[AytonMews]

I don’t get why the cardboard pizza boxes can’t be recycled anyway.

I get the thing about them being “contaminated”, but if they’re scraped clean of food before going in the bin are they any different to ready meal containers etc

Or is the issue because it’s cardboard?