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Drop-in to give your views on rubbish collection

By Hugh Fort
September 06, 2012

Families are invited to talk rubbish at a series of drop-in sessions about the borough’s new waste and recycling

scheme this month.

The meetings have been organised by Wokingham Borough Council for people to ask questions about the

initiative and find out more about its success.

The drop-in sessions will be at:

-Woodley Library, in Headley Road, on Saturday, September 8, between 10am and 2pm

-Lower Earley Library, in Chalfont Close, on Tuesday, September 11, 4pm-7pm

-Charvil Village Hall, in Park Lane, on Wednesday, September 12, 4pm-6.45pm

-Shinfield Parish Hall, in School Green, on Thursday, September 13,10am-2pm

-Finchampstead Library, at FBC Centre in Gorse Ride North, on Thursday, September 13, 4pm-7pm

-Civic Offices, in Shute End, Wokingham, on Friday, September 14, 10am-2pm

-Wokingham Library, in Denmark Street, on Saturday, September 15, 10am-2pm

Councillor Angus Ross, executive member for environment, said: “We are hoping to talk to as many residents as possible about the new

waste and recycling service introduced in April.

“We would like the opportunity to find out more about people’s experiences of the scheme so that we can make improvements for 2013/14.

“Residents will also have the chance to learn a bit more about what can and can’t be recycled.”

On August 21, the council launched a survey to find out what people think about the service.

The survey asks about the blue bin bags, the kerbside recycling scheme, including what can and can’t be

recycled, the recycling rewards scheme and the opt-in garden waste scheme.

To take part in the consultation, complete the survey at www.wokingham.gov.uk /council/consultations/wasteservices by Friday,

September 14.

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@ Matthew

Both tips accessible to Woky residents are in other boroughs and are shared between Reading, Bracknell Forest and WBC residents. So I would be suprised if they did include those figures as it is very hard to determine where most of the waste comes from. I've never been asked for my address at the tip.

I agree it would be interesting to see if the tonnage at the tips has gone up but i guessit only really matters if there is a significant increase (particularly in green waste).

I'm sure RE3 the contractors who look after the sites must report their figures back in?!? So it would be available.

I P Freely
10/09/2012 at 13:11

@ I P Freely

"Currently after the first quarter, household waste is down 21% and recycling is up 30 odd %. Is that not a success so far?"

I'd be very interested to hear how the stats have changed for people taking their rubbish to the tip have changed. I believe the local tips are all in other boroughs, so are they included in Wokingham's figures? If so, how? And what about fly-tipping, has that seen an increase?

I agree that bashing the council for the sake of it alone is unhelpful, but the statement trotted out so far seem very narrowly framed. Which does make me a little suspicious.

Matthew S. Dent, Wargrave
10/09/2012 at 12:12

So the amount of recycling, plastic, paper, tins, garden waste etc. is up 30%. Pull the other one!! And the cost of recycle collection has gone up 100% (collections now twice as frequent) or if it costs less now then it would have cost even less IF the fortnightly cycle had been maintained and the cost renegogiated. The reason waste is down 21% is that the collectors are now far more sensitive about what they take - the standard has effectively gone down. But the savings from reducing the service have come in very handy for Councillors!

Old Man in the Moon, Woodley
09/09/2012 at 20:02

Playing devils advocate here..... The goal of the new waste scheme as I understand it was to reduce the waste we as residents create that needs to go to landfill.

Currently after the first quarter, household waste is down 21% and recycling is up 30 odd %. Is that not a success so far?

WBC have already said lessons need to be learnt about the roll out, wrong size bags, people not getting bags etc. And have now invited people to fill in a survey or visit in person to dicuss their experiences.

I just feel we can sometimes be a little to quick to council bash (Although I haven't had any problems with bags or waste collection since April, maybe if I did not recieve the bags I may be a little more vexed, especially if my waste did not get collected).

I P Freely
07/09/2012 at 16:39

Just had it up to here with Bin Spin.

Woky Local
07/09/2012 at 16:22

You are so cynical Woky Local, you are almost sounding like the rest of the cynics on here! I am sure the people of Winnersh can travel a few hundred metres either way down the Reading Road if they are that desperate to discuss waste.

You could say why isn't there one in Wargrave, Remenham or Crowthorne?

I P Freely
07/09/2012 at 15:30

'The meetings have been organised by Wokingham Borough Council for people to ask questions about the initiative and find out more about its success'

So the idea is to hear stuff 'about its success'? Not a PR stunt then? No repeat of the on-line line them up - knock them down exchange?

Note the lack of event in Winnersh where the recent one Lib Dem gain was made arguably aided by the Refuse kerfuffle.