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Changes to Recycling in Stafford
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Gramaisc
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Yes - Stafford is not a Smokeless Zone.
staffordjas
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Our solicitor , when we bought our house, pointed out the conditions saying that our house ( on Wildwood) is in a smokeless zone and wasn't allowed garden fires .
Seems like no- one else is taking notice of those conditions any more. ( Or with so many buy to let on the estate, the people renting aren't aware of it....)
Also says no caravans and work vans on driveways or gardens, pigeons, chickens etc...... So those conditions definitely being flouted!
Still got the paperwork saying all that with our deeds.
Tilly
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The title deeds saying no vans on driveways, no working from home etc, are unenforceable
They were a sell the houses quick clause by the developer
They have no place in law and are actually ignored by the local authority when new planning applications arise within existing developed boundaries
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staffordjas
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Looking at the type of bags that 'they' are considering...
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...n-charge-and-paper-waste-bags-spark-concerns/
Can see big problems with all 5 of our blue bags from the houses by me, which will have to be placed right at the end of a shared driveway as the refuse collectors won't come down to the end of each of our drives. Can see them being emptied , slung down and end up disappearing down the road in the wind.
Mine was the only brown bin up this week. Luckily I went straight out to bring it back down, as they had just dumped it smack bang in the middle of the pavement by the middle of the access to all 5 driveways . Can't see them being very careful with the blue bags
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...n-charge-and-paper-waste-bags-spark-concerns/
Can see big problems with all 5 of our blue bags from the houses by me, which will have to be placed right at the end of a shared driveway as the refuse collectors won't come down to the end of each of our drives. Can see them being emptied , slung down and end up disappearing down the road in the wind.
Mine was the only brown bin up this week. Luckily I went straight out to bring it back down, as they had just dumped it smack bang in the middle of the pavement by the middle of the access to all 5 driveways . Can't see them being very careful with the blue bags
The Hawk
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Not recently. The refuse team disappeared with mine a few years back. A quick call to the Borough Council and a replacement was dropped off.
joshua
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https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/money-saving-recycling-shake-up-3600406
Residents are set to see changes to their bin collections to help save £275,000-a-year.
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is planning to scrap the separate bags used for newspapers and magazines.
In future, householders will be asked to put the items in their grey wheelie bins instead, which are already used for cardboard, glass, cans and plastic bottles.
The council’s cabinet is expected to approve the move at a meeting later today, although it's not clear when the changes would come into effect.
In a report, chief finance officer Andrew Stokes states: “Our evaluation shows there will be significant financial savings in moving to a fully comingled arrangement.”
Alliance Environmental Services (AES) operates the bin collections on behalf of the council and currently has to use two different types of vehicles. This is because papers are loaded into one with a ‘split body’, which is more expensive than a standard bin truck.
If refuse collectors just use standard vehicles, they can be more flexible with their rounds and also cut maintenance costs.
Mr Stokes says the switch would have benefits for residents as well, with fewer complaints over missed collections. Some householders have found that the plastic recycling bags blow away after being emptied or get tatty and need replacing.
Residents are set to see changes to their bin collections to help save £275,000-a-year.
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is planning to scrap the separate bags used for newspapers and magazines.
In future, householders will be asked to put the items in their grey wheelie bins instead, which are already used for cardboard, glass, cans and plastic bottles.
The council’s cabinet is expected to approve the move at a meeting later today, although it's not clear when the changes would come into effect.
In a report, chief finance officer Andrew Stokes states: “Our evaluation shows there will be significant financial savings in moving to a fully comingled arrangement.”
Alliance Environmental Services (AES) operates the bin collections on behalf of the council and currently has to use two different types of vehicles. This is because papers are loaded into one with a ‘split body’, which is more expensive than a standard bin truck.
If refuse collectors just use standard vehicles, they can be more flexible with their rounds and also cut maintenance costs.
Mr Stokes says the switch would have benefits for residents as well, with fewer complaints over missed collections. Some householders have found that the plastic recycling bags blow away after being emptied or get tatty and need replacing.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Interesting but not relevant to Stafford though as it's Staffs Moorlands.
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Staffs Moorlands say 'chuck it all in the same thing as it will save us money'
whereas
Stafford Borough Council say 'chuck it in different things as it will save us money'
And politicians (whether local or national) wonder why we don't believe a word they say.
whereas
Stafford Borough Council say 'chuck it in different things as it will save us money'
And politicians (whether local or national) wonder why we don't believe a word they say.
staffordjas
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What I can see happening with all ours, when left at the top of a very long shared driveway . (I bring my neighbours bins back down if I'm in and they are out all day, but not carrying plastic bags back down to leave in front of their doors, only to be blown away across the gardens)
