Wednesday 9 November 2011

Cardboard Recycling

Thank you to everyone who is still persevering with cardboard recycling despite the recent changes to the way it is collected.

The changes from cardboard going in the green bin to the blue bags is not one the council would have preferred but given the deadline from the County Council who deal with what is collected, it was the only available option, and it is not a permanent arrangement, it's a step on the way to what we hope will become a better service which will in the future include collecting plastic bottles from your doorstep.

However to get to this change will take a little time.

In the meantime, as was experienced yesterday (Tuesday) there are some delays in collections, due as I understand mainly to capacity issues on some of the vehicles in use - essentially meaning they have to go and be emptied more often than previously.

If you've not got a blue bag, you can order one on the web at : www.highpeak.gov.uk/bluebag or collect one from Glossop Municipal Buildings or the Gamesley High Peak Community Housing Office



2 comments:

Janet Mills said...

I wonder why the green bin has not been kept for cardboard and papers, and exclude food and garden waste. This seems more of a solution than what has been recommended.
The food can be wrapped in newspaper, which the council are telling us cannot be put into the bin.
If the blue bags get full, we are told we can use carrier bags, something which we are all being advised to use less of.
Our bag wasn't collected until Tuesday, and one bag left out by someone was left altogether.
I have a lot more cardboard and papers than I do garden waste or food. people won't be having much garden waste over the winter months will they?
What do you think?

Janet Mills

Unknown said...

Janet,

The move to exclude carboard from the green bins, is an interim move prior to further changes that will happen early into next year - when plastics will also be collected from the doorstep.

The reason it's been done this is way is due to a deadline from county on removing cardboard from the food / garden waste collection.

This week they had some operation problems with the collection that delayed collection on the estate until Tuesday but they should have still collected all bags