No wheelie bins or recycling collections
Reported in the Rubbish (refuse and recycling) category anonymously at 11:41, Tue 24 July 2007
Sent to Ashford Borough Council 4 minutes later
I recently moved to this area and was shocked to find out we don't have bins or get any recycling collections.
Most people seem to leave black rubbish bags outside their house or make a big pile in the car park. This isn't very hygienic, after a week in the sun these bags often smell quite a bit. The bags are also often attacked by animals that leave rubbish strewn all down the street. Lots of people complain about this and I saw a some other references to rubbish problems from this area on the website.
We also don't get any recycling collections which is strange when we are supposed to be encouraging people to recycle more.
Only a few streets closer to Ashford they get both Wheelie bins and recycling collections. Is it intentional that the area around Fairview drive doesn't get these or have we just been forgotten about?
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We also find this issue. The council would really be wise to implement a better collection scheme utilising wheelie bins and combining that with a better recycling scheme.
The blue box service currently provided just doesn't help - it's a toy box, you can barely fit anything in!
my son had been learning about recycling at school and had collected many plastic bottles and cans to be recycled
when the recycling truck came down our street my son got all his bags out went running to the truck and was told "sorry we don't collect plastic just put them in the rubbish as normal"
now if he sees something on the TV about recycling he says something like "just put it in the rubbish and get over it" hes only six and has lost all interest in the thought of recycling.
its ironic really when you consider how much money ashford council wasted on a stupid sculpture using recylced street signs when our money and their time would have been better spent on real enviromental issues
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