[sclug] Wheelie bins in Wokers

[Dickon Hood]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 19:55:46 +0000, Neil Haughton wrote:

: ><economics><politics>
: >.... or whether the bureaucracy would end up outweighing any
: >possible savings... Wokingham's council election results appear to 
: >indicate
: >the majority of its residents believe the latter.
: ></politics></economics>

: BMFBI but has anyone given them the choice? Given the mess that I 
: regularly observe along Wokingham pavements from torn or ripped plastic 
: refuse bags when cycling through there on bin day, I wonder if the local 
: residents wouldn't grab 'em (wheelie bins, that is), given the chance.

I think most would.  Around here, people put out quite a number of plastic
bags, unbinned (as it were).  I've even done it myself, until a couple of
weeks ago when a brace of foxes shredded them.

The council reckon that wheelies generate more waste -- I'm not entirely
sure why, but they quote some statistics to back it up -- which costs more
to process, but TBH I'd rather that and have the hedgerows around here
free from spilt rubbish.

-- 
Dickon Hood

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