Southampton residents now have to find a home for three bins

12:27pm Wednesday 6th March 2013 in News By Echo Reporter

Luisa Castelbranco outside her Southampton home Luisa Castelbranco outside her Southampton home

SOUTHAMPTON residents were asking today where they are supposed to keep a THIRD bin when a new recycling scheme is rolled out next month.

Council chiefs are charging up to £55 to collect garden waste – but the price tag is not the main cause of complaints.

People across the city have reacted with horror when they have found out it will mean yet another wheelie bin cluttering up their homes – and the streets.

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alan.of.eastleigh says...
1:22pm Wed 6 Mar 13

What? It's a discretionary service! Pay for the bin or chuck the waste in the back of your car and take it down the tip. What were you expecting? The Council to pick it up from the garden at the back????

Dumb story. Dumb people.

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cliffwalker says...
1:55pm Wed 6 Mar 13

"People have reacted with horror" really?
Those people must be very easily horrified. They must pass out in a faint when they think about the contents of our waste bins, poor souls.

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bigfella777 says...
2:39pm Wed 6 Mar 13

In counties like Holland and Germany they have up to six different bins, Garden waste? Compost it or burn it or live in a flat.
I personally think there should be a garden tax.

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THEKILLER says...
2:54pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Simple don't have the bin, put your garden waste in the general waste bin free!!
It's a service offered if you want it, so what's the problem?

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Stillness says...
4:17pm Wed 6 Mar 13

bigfella777 wrote:
In counties like Holland and Germany they have up to six different bins, Garden waste? Compost it or burn it or live in a flat.
I personally think there should be a garden tax.
So you don't have a garden then? ;-)
I think that people who don't have a garden should pay extra for not helping to deal with surface water and for not providing a habitat for wild life. Unless they live in Weston towers, there's plenty of wild life living in those.

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sotonboy84 says...
4:35pm Wed 6 Mar 13

alan.of.eastleigh wrote:
What? It's a discretionary service! Pay for the bin or chuck the waste in the back of your car and take it down the tip. What were you expecting? The Council to pick it up from the garden at the back???? Dumb story. Dumb people.
No, if the council have cut this service, then they should continue with the garden waste bags that can be stored when not in use. It's fine if you have a sideway to store your bins but is an issue for those who don't.

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Lockssmart says...
5:02pm Wed 6 Mar 13

I would quite willingly pay £5000 a year to have such an excellent service from our Council.

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loosehead says...
6:35pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Well I have an allotment so don't need this service,
the Government grant was for weekly collections & recycling schemes so isn't charging to take away garden waste that they then compost & sell breaching the terms of that grant?
I've phoned up before & you have to sign into this scheme & then are charged so burn it or take it to the recycling centre for free .
As I've said I will not be using this service & please tell me when before the election did Labour say they were doing this?

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ghunter717 says...
6:59pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Same with Lib Dem Controlled Eastleigh Borough Council. Decision already made I am told by a reliable source. Green (another smelly Bin) enen though in the Eastleigh Borough News they have a 'Survey'.. we all know what EBC surveys mean... naff all!!

Also they have increased the charge this year by 20% to emptly Garden waste.. Stealth Council Tax increase!

Ther also propose 2 weekly collection, so that is 200% Tax increase.

FACT!

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mickey01 says...
7:55pm Wed 6 Mar 13

i will mix mine with the normal waste in my wheelie bin from now on

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Reality-man says...
8:43pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Rubbish story

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loosehead says...
9:02pm Wed 6 Mar 13

ghunter717 wrote:
Same with Lib Dem Controlled Eastleigh Borough Council. Decision already made I am told by a reliable source. Green (another smelly Bin) enen though in the Eastleigh Borough News they have a 'Survey'.. we all know what EBC surveys mean... naff all!!

Also they have increased the charge this year by 20% to emptly Garden waste.. Stealth Council Tax increase!

Ther also propose 2 weekly collection, so that is 200% Tax increase.

FACT!
Both green waste & normal recycled waste is sold so why are they charging for green waste collections?
talk to people with an allotment or big on growing veggies at home & see if they want some of your green waste to compost?

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sotonman2012 says...
9:58pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Ok really don't know where to start with this rant but here goes........Them row of houses shown in this article are along Romsey Road on the way into Shirley I walk past there every day,There is always empty food cartons sprawled across the floor so there are no guesses for where she is dumping her household items,Second thing the bins should only be placed along the public pathway on collection days every single day I walk past they are out make the pathway really small,They are mean't to put there bins outside the front room window in CONCRETE garden at the front of the house,You could easily fit three bins in that gap,Third thing garden waste ? They are all concrete along there & as far as I'm aware the council don't class concrete as garden waste.Also people are worried it will clutter up there homes ? Who keeps a wheelie bin inside there house ?

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jimbos says...
10:13pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Can't you just dump it in the normal bin or is that against some rule ?

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Rownhams says...
10:56pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Moan, moan, moan. Southampton residents always seem to be half pint empty, fluoridisation of water, weekly bin collections and now horror of horror 3 bins. Other parts of country manage quite well with these arrangements. My sister lives in South Cheshire used to have 4 bins, paper, recycling, garden and general. This has now been reduced to 3 as the recycling and paper have been combined. So much is now accepted for recycling that the general bin is only 20% full after the 2 week alternate collections with the recycling. There are plenty of small terrace housing in her area of South Cheshire and they manage OK with 3 bins. As for Fluoridisation it's been in areas of the country for decades and the population are not dropping like flies........yet!! Come on Southampton get a grip.

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Mr. Miyagi says...
1:52am Thu 7 Mar 13

I have recently moved down from Northamptonshire. We had 3 bins and 3 smaller boxes for various recycling, including garden waste, and the general waste wheelie was only collected fortnightly. Couldn't believe it was collected weekly down here and the furore at the suggestion of going fortnightly. I only put general waste wheelie out every two weeks and its usually only three quarters full. All those suggesting chucking your garden waste in with the general waste it surely going to increase the problem of overflowing bins. Responsible people would take it to the tip.

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pgc says...
2:32am Thu 7 Mar 13

We already pay the council to take away our waste, its called COUNCIL TAX and this is just another way for them to screw more out of us

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loosehead says...
7:49am Thu 7 Mar 13

jimbos wrote:
Can't you just dump it in the normal bin or is that against some rule ?
Some bags have been taken out & left as they were thought to have garden waste in .
so the answer is if you get away with it it's okay if they find it they can refuse to empty your bin.

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loosehead says...
7:52am Thu 7 Mar 13

sotonman2012 wrote:
Ok really don't know where to start with this rant but here goes........Them row of houses shown in this article are along Romsey Road on the way into Shirley I walk past there every day,There is always empty food cartons sprawled across the floor so there are no guesses for where she is dumping her household items,Second thing the bins should only be placed along the public pathway on collection days every single day I walk past they are out make the pathway really small,They are mean't to put there bins outside the front room window in CONCRETE garden at the front of the house,You could easily fit three bins in that gap,Third thing garden waste ? They are all concrete along there & as far as I'm aware the council don't class concrete as garden waste.Also people are worried it will clutter up there homes ? Who keeps a wheelie bin inside there house ?
These houses I presume have back gardens?
but look at her recycling bin it's overflowing how much of it is what your suppose to put in that bin?
I've seen many of the blue top bins filled with ordinary waste as people can't be bothered to sort out recyclable items from rubbish or have filled their normal bin

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Mikedav1 says...
9:19am Thu 7 Mar 13

sotonman2012 wrote:
Ok really don't know where to start with this rant but here goes........Them row of houses shown in this article are along Romsey Road on the way into Shirley I walk past there every day,There is always empty food cartons sprawled across the floor so there are no guesses for where she is dumping her household items,Second thing the bins should only be placed along the public pathway on collection days every single day I walk past they are out make the pathway really small,They are mean't to put there bins outside the front room window in CONCRETE garden at the front of the house,You could easily fit three bins in that gap,Third thing garden waste ? They are all concrete along there & as far as I'm aware the council don't class concrete as garden waste.Also people are worried it will clutter up there homes ? Who keeps a wheelie bin inside there house ?
Lol so true who keeps them in the house. Lmao.

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