Ruled by madmen??

[apbremer]

We now have to buy our own little waste food bags to save tuppence ha'penny in the name of austerity(where??) whilst the Council blows millions upon millions on daft, fatuous road "improvements" like Townley/ ED Grove junction. and trying to force us all onto bikes. Madness. Are our elected representatives powerless to curb such appalling waste??

[Penguin68]

Yes - (1) they are not in the ruling party (some of them) and (2) nobody in the Southwark council apparatus cares a tuppeny damn for the posh gits in the south of the borough.

[DulwichFox]

Considering The Green bag / Brown Box was a scheme the Council introduced to make recycling easier

and presumably overall cost effective.

... and recycling is factored in in our Council Tax. So we pay twice..

DulwichFox.

[Penguin68]

... and recycling is factored in in our Council Tax. So we pay twice..

At least the council doesn't get the second charge - unlike its proposals about charging for large item removal - and it has great hopes (now) to roll out lucrative CPZs into the rest of the borough. If the turkeys are still keen on voting for Christmas.

[Mustard]

I hoarded a lot of the free waste bags. They have come completely apart, split into segments, and can't be used now.

[DulwichFox]

Mustard Wrote:

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> I hoarded a lot of the free waste bags. They have

> come completely apart, split into segments, and

> can't be used now.

That's because they are bio-degradable..

It would be about ten years ago whilst at work, I left our Christmas Lights in a Tesco plastic bag.

The following year the bag disintegrated into tiny fragments when I picked it up.

Most Supermarket bags have been bio-degradable for many years..

It's the Store bags for larger items and clothes that are not bio-degradable.

There is no need for the bag tax.. on supermarket bags..

DulwichFox.

P.S. Since the 'Bag Levy' The Co-op no longer sell the Strong Green Bag for Life bags which were 10p

and could be used over and over again..

[miga]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> - unlike its proposals about charging for large

> item removal -

Which they do in Lewisham and it's a disaster, with flytipping rife.

[Loz]

Over in Ealing, they charge for large item removal AND have an annual extra charge (60 quid!) for garden waste recycling - and not a free food recycling bags in sight, ever.

You might be ruled by mad people, but their is much more madness elsewhere.

[DulwichFox]

miga Wrote:

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> Penguin68 Wrote:

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> > - unlike its proposals about charging for large

> > item removal -

>

> Which they do in Lewisham and it's a disaster,

> with flytipping rife.

Yes but Councils are now putting up cameras and making a lot of money from fines..

We have become a nation of Taxation and Fines..

Foxy

[uncleglen]

All Labour councils will always create as much misery on the front line whenever the Tories are in central government on principle. So,for example, the dog poo bins are not emptied- and people don't bother picking up. I bought some very cheap caddy bags from wilco btw- they will probably not be good enough for Southwark though....because they don't cost ?5 or whatever for their own ones- yet another tax...

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Mustard Wrote:

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> > I hoarded a lot of the free waste bags. They

> have

> > come completely apart, split into segments, and

> > can't be used now.

>

> That's because they are bio-degradable..

>

I don't think that's why they split.

Some of the rolls were faulty batches in my opinion. Some are fine.