I was not sure whether to add this item to this blog or the other that I do called 'Money Whinge' where I put down things that annoy me with a money or money linked theme.
I hear today that Councils will be allowed to charge for the quantity of waste taken. If Gosport was to do that they will have to sort out the glass recycling, which is not collected with the recycling bin. You have to take it to a glass bin in car parks and so on dotted around Gosport. It is OK for me as there is one in Whites Place which I pass a couple of times a week, but only have a bag full of glass once a month or less. I know of people who do not, and add it to their waste, due to the amount they have or as they do not have a convenient bin.
Now if there was a charge it may encourage more to put the glass in the bin, but as I said I go past the Whites Place bin and at least 3 times this year at least one section of the bin is full, so there are boxes and bags of bottles, piled around the bin. How many more bins or times a year would Gosport need to empty the bins. Of course this also answers the criticism of Gosport made by local papers and politicians, as I could see if we were as bad as they say there would be a risk of someone breaking the bottles around the car park, would the Council be responsible for any damage? I feel I could point this out as only a month or so ago I e-mailed the Council about the full bin, even then it was a couple of weeks before it was emptied.
The Gosport recycling does seem to cause some confusion. I understand in some areas letters are put through the door. The people who receive them see them as threats. I do some gardening including some bungalows in the Elson/ Hardway area, an elderly lady received one of these letters, as she was sorting out the recycling items and putting the different types in different carrier bags, she thought that she was helping, but the Council were not happy as the plastic bags were in the bin. She said that,'they will have to sort it themselves'. Which is I suppose what the Council want. The authorities talk about recycling of the past, but do not seem to want to look at how it was done then. Even I remember the recycling of 'tin foil' - aluminium foil, I think most of the 'Guide Dogs for the Blind' were paid for by it. I also feel it is odd that household batteries are not recycled, as I understand they contain metals, some of which I understand, have a value others are toxic, so should they be buried or burnt? Ian
I hear today that Councils will be allowed to charge for the quantity of waste taken. If Gosport was to do that they will have to sort out the glass recycling, which is not collected with the recycling bin. You have to take it to a glass bin in car parks and so on dotted around Gosport. It is OK for me as there is one in Whites Place which I pass a couple of times a week, but only have a bag full of glass once a month or less. I know of people who do not, and add it to their waste, due to the amount they have or as they do not have a convenient bin.
Now if there was a charge it may encourage more to put the glass in the bin, but as I said I go past the Whites Place bin and at least 3 times this year at least one section of the bin is full, so there are boxes and bags of bottles, piled around the bin. How many more bins or times a year would Gosport need to empty the bins. Of course this also answers the criticism of Gosport made by local papers and politicians, as I could see if we were as bad as they say there would be a risk of someone breaking the bottles around the car park, would the Council be responsible for any damage? I feel I could point this out as only a month or so ago I e-mailed the Council about the full bin, even then it was a couple of weeks before it was emptied.
The Gosport recycling does seem to cause some confusion. I understand in some areas letters are put through the door. The people who receive them see them as threats. I do some gardening including some bungalows in the Elson/ Hardway area, an elderly lady received one of these letters, as she was sorting out the recycling items and putting the different types in different carrier bags, she thought that she was helping, but the Council were not happy as the plastic bags were in the bin. She said that,'they will have to sort it themselves'. Which is I suppose what the Council want. The authorities talk about recycling of the past, but do not seem to want to look at how it was done then. Even I remember the recycling of 'tin foil' - aluminium foil, I think most of the 'Guide Dogs for the Blind' were paid for by it. I also feel it is odd that household batteries are not recycled, as I understand they contain metals, some of which I understand, have a value others are toxic, so should they be buried or burnt? Ian
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