Topic ID 1925
Today my better half went to the Recycling Centre (the tip to you and me) on the A602 and when saying how busy it was was informed that they are thinking of restricting the number of visits you can make. I do not know if this is daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly but how would that encourage the populace to recycle? Has anyone else heard this?
Reply ID 20300
How would they do that - give you tickets?
Reply ID 20302
quote:You have not noticed the high spec camera's reading every car index plate on entry,look closely they are there. have to find somewhere else for the bodies now[;)]
Originally posted by Mel
How would they do that - give you tickets?
Reply ID 20303
I haven't heard about limiting numbers of visits, but think it is about time that the tip was enlarged and improvements made to the safety of entry and exit. Cars often have to queue in both directions and I have seen several near misses at weekends.
Reply ID 20308
The number of trips could be cut if they put collection points for cardboard & plastic bottles in the town's carparks.This sort of big brother approach deters people from recycling what can be recycled & will increase fly tipping.
Reply ID 20310
quote:I agree. Also, I live in a house in Ware but do not get a curb-side recycling collection of any sort. Does anyone else have this problem?
Originally posted by Whereaami
The number of trips could be cut if they put collection points for cardboard & plastic bottles in the town's carparks.This sort of big brother approach deters people from recycling what can be recycled & will increase fly tipping.
Reply ID 20313
Nic, my sister also lives in Ware with no curbside recycling. She lives in a cul de sac off the High Streeet. The reply from the council just said that too few houses in the cul de sac to do it. Which seemed odd to me. We've lost our black wheelie bin in the winds so if anyone sees it....... :-) We've also requested a second green box as we have quite a bit of paper, glass and tin recycling each week but that was in Sept, and so far apart from a letter saying it was on order for us, we've not heard anything!
Reply ID 20315
I agree limiting the number of trips and encouraging recycling doesn't fit. I'm sure there was an article in thge Mercury about hi tech cameras beign introduced at Ware and Buntingford some time ago but can't recall the isuue. As to wheelie bins, there's a black one at the junction of High Oak Road and Kingsway that appears to be lost...
Reply ID 20318
Yeah - and on this subject - why is it that the council does not take plastic bottles etc for recycling. Since we started recycling our waste has been cut in half (at least!)...all I need to do is find a local place to take my plastics....I live pretty much in the center of ware...does anyone know anywhere you can take plastics locally?!
Reply ID 20319
quote:The Only place locally is the Tip (Recycling Centre) on a A620 (Road to Stevenage). I rarely use the tip for anything else than recycling plastic bottles & Cardboard, but tend to go up there once a month. As I said in a previous post providing collection points at the doorstep/In town for plastics & cardboard would reduce the number of tip trips made at a stroke and would I believe increase the amount of recyclable items saved from landfill.
Originally posted by waretown
Yeah - and on this subject - why is it that the council does not take plastic bottles etc for recycling. Since we started recycling our waste has been cut in half (at least!)...all I need to do is find a local place to take my plastics....I live pretty much in the center of ware...does anyone know anywhere you can take plastics locally?!
Reply ID 20321
quote:There is a collection point in the car park at Sainsbury’s in Hoddesdon which takes all kinds of plastic.
Originally posted by waretown
Yeah - and on this subject - why is it that the council does not take plastic bottles etc for recycling. Since we started recycling our waste has been cut in half (at least!)...all I need to do is find a local place to take my plastics....I live pretty much in the center of ware...does anyone know anywhere you can take plastics locally?!
Reply ID 20322
You can take your plastic to Van Haqe's. It takes tin cans, books, paper, glass, as well.
Reply ID 20330
Thanks All....any idea who in the council we would have to speak to about getting a cardboard / plastics bin put somewhere?
Reply ID 20384
East Herts were talking last year about taking cardboard as part of the brown bin collections. Haven't heard anything further yet. They say this about cardboard at the moment (go to bottom of page) http://www.eastherts.gov.uk/recycling/GBFAQs.html Every time plastic recycling is raised, they say it is too bulky and with too many types of plastic to be viable to collect. I don't understand why this is such a problem for them. Other local authorities manage - if Broxbourne can do it, why not East Herts? Perhaps they should run a scheme together. Meantimes, in addition to Van Hages, the Puckeridge farm shop on the A10 has a plastics skip.
Reply ID 20385
My in-laws come under Epping Council and they live in the middle of a field - way off the beaten track with only a single dirt track leading to them. But they have all of there plastic, foil, cardboard, paper, glass etc collected. It dose alternative between normal refuse collection 1 week and the next is recyclable. If Epping can do it why can't the other Councils?
Reply ID 20398
I heard they only recycle things if the bulkiness of the items makes it worth their while - i.e. bulky plastic bottles take up a lot of room, but don't weigh enough to be worth the Council's bother. Call me cynical, but I think this is false economy as we'll all end up paying when there's nowhere left to bury this stuff.
Reply ID 20399
What seems strange to me is why there is a difference in waste collection between areas that are close together, ie Hertford, Ware and Royston for example? I know Royston is a different council but it would seem sensible for all councils to join forces and use the same facilities?