Cardiff - Changes to your recycling

[Elwood Blues]

Re: Cardiff - Changes to your recycling

Like many others....should be on the Alternate Forum board.....not cluttering this one up.

How long have you been on this board Maurice? I did mention this the other day, but don't you remember the golden era for this board back in the early 2000's when it was just a single forum and a pot pourri of all sorts of posts, football,music, politics,films etc,etc.

No- one cared less and it was in my view a much better board.

These days people moan and grizzle about any non football stuff on here.

More's the pity.

I can understand a separate politics board at election times but at any other time it's not needed in my view.

The idea of an Alternative forum has always been BS in my view

But Mike doesn't seem to listen to this view these days.

[Talksport]

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A large proportion of residents in Cardiff won't have lawns

People living in exclusive areas complaining that it costs them 30 quid a year to have their grass cuttings taken away is laughable really

It's what part of my fecking council tax is for.

[Talksport]

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Crappy bags are flying around the streets it's a shambles,m why the hell didn't they make three could plastic mini bins like the glass bottle bins?

They are idiots every single thing they do is utter sh!t !

I concur 🙂

[bobh]

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We had the new bags collected last week - "on the same day as normal" except that it was postponed at about 9pm on that day. So all these bags out in the street all day for no reason. This week it should be food bin, black bin, bottle bin, red bag and blue bag.
What could go wrongThese bags are useless. I thought they'd be rainproof, but all they've got is a couple of velcro patches on the front corners v- and handle at the side so that when you pick them up, it exposes the paper (and plastic) to the elements. Duh!

[chrisp_1927]

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Utter bollocks as far as I'm concerned. I'm going to be using the glass caddy and recycling metal. But the paper and plastic will be going in the bin bags. I live in a mid terrace and there's no way I'm taking dirty wet bags in and out , ruining my carpets in the process.

As an aside: Whoever wrote the intro to that guidebook deserves to be shot!

[sneggyblubird]

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Jeez reading you lot on here makes me glad I live in Cafilthy

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Utter bollocks as far as I'm concerned. I'm going to be using the glass caddy and recycling metal. But the paper and plastic will be going in the bin bags. I live in a mid terrace and there's no way I'm taking dirty wet bags in and out , ruining my carpets in the process.

As an aside: Whoever wrote the intro to that guidebook deserves to be shot!

I'm probably going to black bag most of it too

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Like many others....should be on the Alternate Forum board.....not cluttering this one up.

You post nonsense on here not about football 99% of the time

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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2 weeks into the new recycling regime here and I absolutely hate it.

the red and blue containers don't close properly so fill up with water and will definitely be attacked by the magpies in our street.
don't have room for separate bins in the house either, it's a nightmare.

also heard a rumour that last week they ended up chucking the red and blue bags into the same rubbish lorry anyway.

Mentioned before I think, but my son lives in Herts. He has 3 large bins [same size as our green ones.] One for gen waste, one for general recycling, and one for garden waste. They're all collected every week, 52 weeks a year. He can also visit the local recycling depot as many times as he wants without the need to book. Worlds away from Senydd/Drakeford politics..

[jon1959]

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Mentioned before I think, but my son lives in Herts. He has 3 large bins [same size as our green ones.] One for gen waste, one for general recycling, and one for garden waste. They're all collected every week, 52 weeks a year. He can also visit the local recycling depot as many times as he wants without the need to book. Worlds away from Senydd/Drakeford politics..

I doubt it is anything to do with 'Senydd/Drakeford politics'.

It is almost certainly about Council funding levels.

True there is a degree of autonomy in the nations outside England, that there will always be some poor decisions and some inefficiency, and at the margins it can be about funding choices (Councils choosing to pay for a few 20 mph road signs where the WAG has enabled them rather than a few more plastic bins) but it is the same story across most of the UK - whether England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales.

Since 2010 there has been a massive and continuing financial squeeze on Councils whilst demand from an ageing population grows.

Hertfordshire may be the exception that proves the rule - but most in the face of central government funding cuts have stopped providing most discretionary services, have maxed out on Council Tax rates, have watched business rate income drop (much more so in poorer Labour towns and cities than wealthier Tory shires), have started issuing section 114 notices (8 so far both Tory and Labour - and another 100+ council warning they are on the brink) and have sold every remaining asset.

Some councils are now little more than adult social care and emergency housing providers - and even there they are failing as demand goes up and revenues go down.

In the face of that it is no surprise that bin collection services across the UK have been hit year on year.

I don't see the sense in using bags (I have used these in the Vale and in Cornwall for a short time and they are a false economy) but otherwise Councils are forced to reduce waste collection services alongside everything else to balance their books.

We have four hard plastic wheelie bins in Sheffield. The frequency of collection is half of what it was in 2010. We have a big black bin for general waste collected every 2 weeks; a big brown bin for glass/cans/plastics collected every 4 weeks; a small blue bin for paper and card collected every 4 weeks and a big green bin for garden waste (for an annual fee) collected every 2 weeks during the 7-8 month growing season. Apart from the green bin (unchanged) the others have gone from 1/2 week collections to 2/4 weeks.

For waste collection (Dumpit) sites there is no need to book for domestic disposal - booking needed for big vans and traillers.

All of waste disposal was 'outsourced' to Veolia in 2001 when the Lib Dems were in control (35 year contract that has been very rocky over the years but still in place).

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Some councils are now little more than adult social care and emergency housing providers - and even there they are failing as demand goes up and revenues go down.

So increased immigration for people requiring housing is having a big impact?

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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I doubt it is anything to do with 'Senydd/Drakeford politics'.

It is almost certainly about Council funding levels.

True there is a degree of autonomy in the nations outside England, that there will always be some poor decisions and some inefficiency, and at the margins it can be about funding choices (Councils choosing to pay for a few 20 mph road signs where the WAG has enabled them rather than a few more plastic bins) but it is the same story across most of the UK - whether England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales.

Since 2010 there has been a massive and continuing financial squeeze on Councils whilst demand from an ageing population grows.

Hertfordshire may be the exception that proves the rule - but most in the face of central government funding cuts have stopped providing most discretionary services, have maxed out on Council Tax rates, have watched business rate income drop (much more so in poorer Labour towns and cities than wealthier Tory shires), have started issuing section 114 notices (8 so far both Tory and Labour - and another 100+ council warning they are on the brink) and have sold every remaining asset.

Some councils are now little more than adult social care and emergency housing providers - and even there they are failing as demand goes up and revenues go down.

In the face of that it is no surprise that bin collection services across the UK have been hit year on year.

I don't see the sense in using bags (I have used these in the Vale and in Cornwall for a short time and they are a false economy) but otherwise Councils are forced to reduce waste collection services alongside everything else to balance their books.

We have four hard plastic wheelie bins in Sheffield. The frequency of collection is half of what it was in 2010. We have a big black bin for general waste collected every 2 weeks; a big brown bin for glass/cans/plastics collected every 4 weeks; a small blue bin for paper and card collected every 4 weeks and a big green bin for garden waste (for an annual fee) collected every 2 weeks during the 7-8 month growing season. Apart from the green bin (unchanged) the others have gone from 1/2 week collections to 2/4 weeks.

For waste collection (Dumpit) sites there is no need to book for domestic disposal - booking needed for big vans and traillers.

All of waste disposal was 'outsourced' to Veolia in 2001 when the Lib Dems were in control (35 year contract that has been very rocky over the years but still in place).

No, I'm sure it's down to the council reducing costs, but it's certainly spun in their leaflet and associated website as purely environmental : https://myrecyclingwales.org.uk/

Having browsed through it I have to admit I'm none the wiser - all a bit vague and opaque.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Some councils are now little more than adult social care and emergency housing providers - and even there they are failing as demand goes up and revenues go down.

So increased immigration for people requiring housing is having a big impact?

Cardiff Council are moving tenants into hotel accommodation if their current housing is too big - ie a 3 bed house for a couple with 1 child. A 'homeless' non-UK family are then given the council house.

[Rjk]

Re: Cardiff - Changes to your recycling

Cardiff Council are moving tenants into hotel accommodation if their current housing is too big - ie a 3 bed house for a couple with 1 child. A 'homeless' non-UK family are then given the council house.

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