Bi weekly bin collections

[TE44]

Yes Sue, that was why I posted it. I feel when big companies are given contracts, especially a company like this, who are also involved in the global water management, believe they do not have to answer to the likes of you or me. I my be naive

but i believe the problem with recycling can be dealt with much more sufficient if it was community lead.

[Huggers]

we didn't get our recycling collected yesterday! that's over two weeks. anyone else?

[Miacis]

Nor us - completley full bin now

[katgod]

We need the blue one emptied weekly and the green and brown bi weekly. Surprised the pilot did not find that. We are recycling more, nad it is overflowing after 1.5 weeks.

[Sue]

Huggers Wrote:

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> we didn't get our recycling collected yesterday!

> that's over two weeks. anyone else?

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Have you reported it to the council? They will just do nothing otherwise, their collection schedule appears to be completely up the creek.

ETA: Mind you don't hold your breath, I'm still waiting for the smaller green bin I ordered. Admittedly they said they couldn't say when I would get it, so I have no idea when is a reasonable time after which to chase them ....

[muppet]

Be glad you've got a blue wheelie bin. we got just one extra blue box AND they've taken the blue bag. Nothing like enough space for our recycling over two weeks. Repeated calls to the council have failed to produce a blue bin. And yes we do live in a house - the rest of the street (almost) have their ins, but not us, and a few other houses. Surely they calculated how many they would need....

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

We need the blue one emptied weekly and the green and brown bi weekly. Surprised the pilot did not find that. We are recycling more, nad it is overflowing after 1.5 weeks

I was part of the pilot scheme and did point this out in another thread somewhere.

[sophiesofa]

charliecharlie Wrote:

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> HI Sopiesofa....

>

> ref you comment above... Over the years I have

> worked out a good alternative (see pic attached)

> to the caddies available on the market - many of

> which are plastic or plastic lined. I use a china

> bowl and a side plate (and put the plastic bag

> inside), china is best because it is not porous

> (unlike plastic) so does not absorb or retain

> smells. I use my horrid 'little' brown Southwark

> caddy (which would take up far too much space in

> my tiny kitchen - and look digusting!!!) as my

> outside bin (which more than big enough for me as

> I do not waste much food) and the refuse

> collectors are qite happy to collect from that.

>

> I now never go out and buy something new as a

> solution, as the waste collection requirements

> keep changing...

> just adapt something you already have... thus less

> smell, less hideous, less land fill... etc.

>

> http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/file.php?5

> ,file=35584

>

>

> Ref Design's strategies...

>

> http://www.redesigndesign.org/index.php?option=com

> _content&view=category&layout=blog&id=44&Itemid=59

> reuse

> reclaim

> rethink

> remake

> remind

> recycle

Hi Charlie Charlie,

Your china bowl and plate is a great idea - much less disgusting. Anything would be better than my current setup.

That website is good too - I might show it to my pupils as I'm always talking about (I should live by them too, not just talk about them!) the 6 R's.

Thank you

[DulwichFox]

Brown Bin Food waste not collected again today.

So looks like only doing bi-weekly on Food waste..

Brilliant.

Paper and cans collected ok.

Fox

[James Barber]

Call 020 7525 2000 and complain.

If that fails please email me with your name, address, type of collection missed and date of collection missed.

[Horsebox]

Brown bin was emptied today but recyclable waste not taken, same for next door neighbours.

As our bin is shared between the 3 flats in the building, it is now completely full.

Have notified Southwark online.

[Lin Henden]

Amazing. 3 bins in a tine garden so can't really call it a garden any more. When I was a child and there were 5 of us, plus foster children we had one small black bin for the week! Just take a shopping bag and buy stuff with no wrapping.

[katgod]

Are you on Crystal Palace Road Horsebox? Our blue bin is over flowing and was not collected today. If bins are only to be collected fortnightly, they need to make sure the collections are on schedule, there is no margin to squeezea bit more in.

[Horsebox]

Katgod, yes, we're on Crystal Palace Road.

[ClareC]

We had green and brown collected today..... Blue is next week for us, we are off of Crystal Palace Road.

Anyone know the details of the company that comes round and jet washes bins? Our green bin is disgusting :-(

[Cassius]

Blue and brown collected yesterday.

[DulwichFox]

Brown bin Food waste collected this morning...

Fox..

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Brown bin Food waste collected this morning...

>

> Fox..

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So was mine, but it should have been collected yesterday.

What is the point of having a schedule if they don't stick to it?

And I ordered a smaller green bin on 21 September - exactly four weeks ago today - and there's no sign of that arriving, either, despite the council saying they would swap it for the existing one "as soon as they can".

I know this recycling change was a big one, and some mistakes are to be expected whilst it's bedding in, but even so .... we are just the people who are posting about them on here. How many more must there be across the whole borough?

Is anybody at the council monitoring the new scheme to make sure it's working as it should be?

[Evie]

All these bins are making our streets look such a mess and all that plastic!!!!! we now have to get rid of the blue plastic boxes, what will happen to them? I thought we were supposed to be using less plastic??????

[Sue]

Evie Wrote:

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> All these bins are making our streets look such a

> mess and all that plastic!!!!! we now have to get

> rid of the blue plastic boxes, what will happen to

> them? I thought we were supposed to be using less

> plastic??????

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You only have to get rid of the blue plastic boxes if you want to keep the hideous bright blue wheelie bin.

If you don't want to keep the wheelie bin, you can continue to use the boxes.

Some people appear to like all the plastic :-S, judging by some of the posts on

This Thread!

[WrightC]

Brown bin collected yesterday Blue bin not collected. I'm on Crystal Palace Road. My recycling was last collected on the 27th September. I called the council and my blue bin should be collected by the 24th October, I mentioned most Blue bins on Crystal Palace Road was not collected and will all the blue bins be collected by the 24th, she said no, apparently if a non collection is not reported, it will not be collected.

I suggest if you live on Crystal palace Road report your non collection on 02075252000 or via the website.

[Sue]

WrightC Wrote:

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I

> mentioned most Blue bins on Crystal Palace Road

> was not collected and will all the blue bins be

> collected by the 24th, she said no, apparently if

> a non collection is not reported, it will not be

> collected.

>

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This is an absolute nonsense, and I guess this person is the same person I spoke to a few weeks back when I phoned to report a missed collection and said that none of the bins in our road (parallel to yours) had been emptied. She told me the same as you.

The council has a schedule and surely if one or two people in a street are reporting a missed collection, they should investigate to see if the whole street has been missed out - and make sure it doesn't happen again.

Surely they are not sending a separate van out for each missed collection report?

[WrightC]

Sue Wrote:

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> WrightC Wrote:

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> -----

> I

> > mentioned most Blue bins on Crystal Palace Road

> > was not collected and will all the blue bins be

> > collected by the 24th, she said no, apparently

> if

> > a non collection is not reported, it will not

> be

> > collected.

> >

> xxxxxxxx

>

> This is an absolute nonsense, and I guess this

> person is the same person I spoke to a few weeks

> back when I phoned to report a missed collection

> and said that none of the bins in our road

> (parallel to yours) had been emptied. She told me

> the same as you.

>

> The council has a schedule and surely if one or

> two people in a street are reporting a missed

> collection, they should investigate to see if the

> whole street has been missed out - and make sure

> it doesn't happen again.

>

> Surely they are not sending a separate van out for

> each missed collection report?

Totally agree Sue.

I also sent a follow up email, and attached this thread.