Perhaps London will eventually come to realise that many other UK cities have similar problems. London is not unique by any means. If ( and it is only an If at the moment ) we do end up having to pay according to the amount of waste we produce, perhaps we will think twice about it - not a bad thing at the end of the day. Personally I wouldn't object if it meant Council Tax was reduced accordingly. My CT is currently over 10% of my annual income.
I remember as a child, collecting empty bottles I found to spend the money on penny sweets.
When we moved into our first house, in the early 1980s, I opened the garage and discovered literally dozens of empty pop bottles and soda syphons. One of the local kids noticed and offered to take them back for me. I said to check with his parents and if they were OK with it he could take them and keep the money. I didn't want his parents wondering why he was so flush with cash. His Dad popped round to confirm that it was OK with him and, I suspect, to check the offer was genuine. In no time at all I had a lovely clear floor in the garage. Win, win I call that.
Here the collections started again on 1st February. My MIL lives in a different area of the city to me and her green waste was collected last week. Our first collection is this week, which is just as well as the bin has been filling up slowly over the Winter and is now full. I would say 98% of my neighbours have a green waste bin and the vast majority are put out for emptying every fortnight.
I don't think it would be fair if we were charged for the amount of waste we produced. A lot of people, myself included, produce a lot of waste for medical reasons.
Band D council tax in Rutland is almost £2400 a year, just about the highest in the country. Luckily our green bin fee is more reasonable - £60 per bin and 22 collections a year.
I don't think it would be fair if we were charged for the amount of waste we produced. A lot of people, myself included, produce a lot of waste for medical reasons.
And another problem is if you start charging based on weight, there is the temptation for people to put rubbish in other people's bins.
@BenCotto, my area is in the Top 10 of CT charges. I pay more than double (at one point it was more than triple) a friend of mine does and yet I have a 3-bed terrace while she resides in a 5-bed detached in an extremely affluent area of Outer London/Surrey. 😡
I don't think it would be fair if we were charged for the amount of waste we produced. A lot of people, myself included, produce a lot of waste for medical reasons.
@kate.james58 I was referring to general household waste as opposed to medical waste. I had assumed, perhaps wrongly, that medical waste would not be included in the general waste collection and would be dealt with separately ? Apologies if my post upset you in any way and my best wishes for your health improvement
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Personally I wouldn't object if it meant Council Tax was reduced accordingly. My CT is currently over 10% of my annual income.
When we moved into our first house, in the early 1980s, I opened the garage and discovered literally dozens of empty pop bottles and soda syphons. One of the local kids noticed and offered to take them back for me. I said to check with his parents and if they were OK with it he could take them and keep the money. I didn't want his parents wondering why he was so flush with cash. His Dad popped round to confirm that it was OK with him and, I suspect, to check the offer was genuine. In no time at all I had a lovely clear floor in the garage. Win, win I call that.
My MIL lives in a different area of the city to me and her green waste was collected last week. Our first collection is this week, which is just as well as the bin has been filling up slowly over the Winter and is now full.
I would say 98% of my neighbours have a green waste bin and the vast majority are put out for emptying every fortnight.
I can compost all the garden waste we produce so it's not a problem for me.
We were all given "dalek" compost bins for free a number of years ago. I use mine for forcing large rhubarb clumps .... works a treat.
The council waste recycling yards take green waste which they compost and sell as bags of soil improver.
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@BenCotto, my area is in the Top 10 of CT charges. I pay more than double (at one point it was more than triple) a friend of mine does and yet I have a 3-bed terrace while she resides in a 5-bed detached in an extremely affluent area of Outer London/Surrey. 😡
Apologies if my post upset you in any way and my best wishes for your health improvement