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That'll cheer Greta Thunberg up.can I start burning my waste - cardboard and the like or is that pollution
Yes - Stafford is not a Smokeless Zone.can I start burning my waste - cardboard and the like or is that pollution
can I start burning my waste - cardboard and the like or is that pollution
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 .Yes - Stafford is not a Smokeless Zone.
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.
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.Has anyone else had their caddy taken from the blue bin by the binmen ?
Interesting but not relevant to Stafford though as it's Staffs Moorlands.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.
Some householders have found that the plastic recycling bags blow away after being emptied or get tatty and need replacing.