Thousands more to be asked to pay for a third wheelie bin (From Daily Echo)
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Eastleigh residents to get a third bin for garden waste
12:40pm Tuesday 19th March 2013 in News
By Julian Robinson, Eastleigh Chief Reporter
Helen Martin in the alleyway at the back of her home, which is already full of bins.
THOUSANDS more Hampshire residents are being asked to pay for a third wheelie bin outside their homes.
Civic chiefs in Eastleigh want new 240-litre garden waste bins to replace the 120-litre sacks currently used for the collection of green material including leaves, small branches, weeds and hedge clippings.
Residents, who already have separate bins for household waste and recycling, will pay an extra £5 a year, with the service moving from a weekly to a fortnightly collection.
Council bosses believe they can rake in an extra £159,000 a year while boosting recycling rates by more than two per cent.
But the proposal, out for consultation until May, has already sparked concern over the number of bins outside homes.
It comes after bosses at Southampton City Council caused a storm by unveiling plans to charge residents up to £55 a year for a similar scheme.
Nearly 11,000 people use the sack system across the area covered by Eastleigh Borough Council, paying £30 a year for the service.
The new bin proposal would cost users £35 a year.
Peter Smith, from the town’s Aviary Residents’ Association, said the matter was due to be discussed at the group’s next meeting.
He said: “Personally, I think it is aimed at making it easier for people, but three bins outside your house is a fair number. The bottom line is that the cost is going up again.”
Penny Valander, from the Boyatt and Allbrook Residents’ Group, said: “The bag is much more flexible and you can take it wherever you need it.”
Consultation over the move comes just weeks after civic chiefs gave the green light to start replacing its 240-litre capacity household waste bins with new 180-litre versions.
Civic chiefs want to increase the amount of recyclable materials collected by nearly seven per cent in the next two years.
Councillors were told: “Studies show that, in the majority of cases, residents find the move to wheeled bins an improvement to the service as it means their garden waste is easier to move and store.
“In most cases, users of the garden waste service have sufficient space to store the additional waste bin.”
One Eastleigh resident, Helen Martin, said taking on another wheelie bin would mean leaving out five of the plastic containers.
The mum-of-four, from Nutbeem Road, already has four waste and recycling bins because of the size of her family. She also has two small food waste recycling bins and a glass recycling box to put out.
Helen, 39, said: “Just looking down the alleyway you would say there are enough bins already – you can only add to this number so many times.
“You get people on a Friday and Saturday night coming along the alleyway and pushing them around. We’ve already had somebody set fire to a bin in the past.”
Comments(27)
bigfella777
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2:04pm Tue 19 Mar 13
City Final
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2:05pm Tue 19 Mar 13
**** Pete wrote:I've stayed in Spain and France where this system is in use and every time i see it I wonder why it's not adopted here. Much better system, cleaner, tidier and, I would guess, much less expensive to operate,
Why do we not do the same as the Spanish?
At the end of most roads is a big wheelie bin station and you can recycle etc...They are emptied Every day.
The lorry needs just one person the driver. So costs are kept down and the risk of disease.
Plus nothing looks unsightly. Like our horrible bins.
Most old people have friends or neighbours take the rubbish to the bin for them.
And what with all the pubs and post offices disappearing the communal bin could become the new place to catch up on local gossip ;)
flatoutchilled
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2:24pm Tue 19 Mar 13
Lockssmart
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2:27pm Tue 19 Mar 13
**** Pete wrote:Because people in Eastleigh would start living in them
Why do we not do the same as the Spanish?
At the end of most roads is a big wheelie bin station and you can recycle etc...They are emptied Every day.
The lorry needs just one person the driver. So costs are kept down and the risk of disease.
Plus nothing looks unsightly. Like our horrible bins.
Most old people have friends or neighbours take the rubbish to the bin for them.
one in a million
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2:40pm Tue 19 Mar 13
minnie64
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3:06pm Tue 19 Mar 13
flatoutchilled wrote:Looks older !!!!
Helen is 39. Why?
Rjhsoton
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3:13pm Tue 19 Mar 13
**** Pete wrote:this is the best way to go my parents live in Spain and there are not loads of unsitely bins everywhere and the streets are a lot cleaner
Why do we not do the same as the Spanish?
At the end of most roads is a big wheelie bin station and you can recycle etc...They are emptied Every day.
The lorry needs just one person the driver. So costs are kept down and the risk of disease.
Plus nothing looks unsightly. Like our horrible bins.
Most old people have friends or neighbours take the rubbish to the bin for them.
maybe its because they respect thier neighborhood unlike most people in the uk
ohec
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3:19pm Tue 19 Mar 13
Lockssmart wrote:Yes they would probably come over from Southampton, its called going up in the world.
**** Pete wrote:Because people in Eastleigh would start living in them
Why do we not do the same as the Spanish?
At the end of most roads is a big wheelie bin station and you can recycle etc...They are emptied Every day.
The lorry needs just one person the driver. So costs are kept down and the risk of disease.
Plus nothing looks unsightly. Like our horrible bins.
Most old people have friends or neighbours take the rubbish to the bin for them.
ohec
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3:24pm Tue 19 Mar 13
bigfella777 wrote:Its not considered polite to question a woman s age and it has no relevance to the article anyway.
No way is Helen 39 this must be a mistake.
Niel
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3:26pm Tue 19 Mar 13
ArfyArf
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3:29pm Tue 19 Mar 13
Mr E
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3:40pm Tue 19 Mar 13
They are just going to get more Contamination in the The green Recyclables bin.
bernard7
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4:29pm Tue 19 Mar 13
Mr Price
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4:33pm Tue 19 Mar 13
skeptik
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5:35pm Tue 19 Mar 13
100%HANTSBOY
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5:56pm Tue 19 Mar 13
one in a million wrote:Wow,an extra 10 pence a week! Whoopy do!
How about, instead, EBC, pay their residents to do the sorting for them, rather than trting to think of ways to screw even more money out them? Based on the local area plan the council seem to get £££ per person living in the borough anyway?
This would never have been imposed under the TUSC party!
Lockssmart
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6:06pm Tue 19 Mar 13
OSPREYSAINT
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7:10pm Tue 19 Mar 13
freefinker
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7:20pm Tue 19 Mar 13
Lockssmart wrote:Lockssmart is J.P.M??
JPM is a Troll
Well, a troll at least, me finks.
Lockssmart
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7:31pm Tue 19 Mar 13
flatoutchilled
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8:05pm Tue 19 Mar 13
IronLady2010
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9:15pm Tue 19 Mar 13
Tallship
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3:52am Wed 20 Mar 13
Does anyone really know what happens to the garden waste once the coucil collect it? Why not have a free collection service with the option to buy bags of compose from the council.
sotonboy84
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8:22am Wed 20 Mar 13
A number of years ago Southampton City Council decided not to proceed with a glass recycling scheme but have a garden waste service instead. Presumably as more money could be made from selling compost than could be made from recycling glass.
Now residents have to pay to recycle garden waste and the council will only collect the usual plastic and cardboard. I'm sure they'd charge for this too if they didn't have recycling targets to meet.
Jesus_02
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9:26am Wed 20 Mar 13
I will not be paying £55 a year for garden waiste. I will compost my own
In my view Eastleighs system is better BTW...always something to grumble about
rugbybiker
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8:27pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Lockssmart wrote:Why do you feel the need to point this out on every thread? Nobody cares, you seem to have an unhealthy obsession! I come on here to read stories and make appropriate comments not read your inane drivel!
JPM is a Troll
Pikey Pete says...
1:43pm Tue 19 Mar 13
At the end of most roads is a big wheelie bin station and you can recycle etc...They are emptied Every day.
The lorry needs just one person the driver. So costs are kept down and the risk of disease.
Plus nothing looks unsightly. Like our horrible bins.
Most old people have friends or neighbours take the rubbish to the bin for them.