Saturday skips could be saved
THERE’S a new glimmer of hope that under-threat Saturday morning recycling services in South Holland’s outlying towns and villages can be saved.
Lincolnshire County Council looked likely to pull the plug on the £40,000-plus funding given to South Holland District Council to provide recycling skips in Donington, Holbeach, Crowland, Gedney Hill, Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge.
But district councilor Roger Gambba-Jones, whose portfolio includes waste collection, is “cautiously optimistic” that the county council will now be able to make alternative savings so the recycling service can continue.
He said: “I can’t put words in the county council’s mouth but they are being as helpful as they can be and we think at this stage we have actually got a way forward.
“County councillor William Webb is discussing things at the county level on behalf of this area – South Holland – and we are very optimistic.
“Providing they don’t get any other bumps in the road from their budgetary side of things, I think they are going to help us out.”
He believes the allocation for the recycling service will be included in the budget to go before the county’s ruling executive towards the end of this month.
But the proposal has to be passed by the executive – and then agreed by the full council – before the service is finally safe.
l The feared loss of the service sparked criticism from the district councillor for Long Sutton ward, David Wilkinson, and members of Sutton Bridge Parish Council last week expressed their dismay.
Speaking last month to our sister paper, the Lincolnshire Free Press, Coun Wilkinson said the loss of the skips would be a negative step as they were well used in Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge.
He said: “I am sure it will mean about 200 more cars a week on the road as responsible people take their rubbish to Spalding and more fly-tipping by irresponsible people – saving £40,000 will probably cost £50,000 in cleaning it up.”
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Wednesday 23 May 2012
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LittleTyke
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 05:00 PMFurther to my previous comments, here is a suggestion to Councillor Porter: why not follow the example set by the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and introduce a brown bin: From the relevant web site: "Since the brown bin garden waste collection service was introduced in 2006 16,380 residents have joined the service. Each year we collect over 5,000 tonnes of garden waste from across the borough. This nutrient-rich reusable garden waste would have otherwise ended up in a landfill site and so this service is a great way you to dispose of your green waste, whilst doing your bit for the environment. It costs £39 to join the scheme and you can share a bin with neighbours." I would willingly pay such a sum to simply wheel my bin to the kerb once a fortnight. Think of the money saved to countless motorists who currently have to drive at least to a Saturday morning collection point (if operational in 2012) or all the way to Spalding and back.
LittleTyke
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 04:20 PMDoes this mean that current plans will NOT provide the Saturday green waste collection in Holbeach any more? Am I expected to make a 16 mile round trip to Spalding to drop off a sack of grass and then queue at the tip for 20 minutes? How on earth is that sensible or cost-effective? If the council wants to add a quid a month to my council tax for green waste, I'm okay with that. Other counties actually *collect* green waste and don't expect householders to truck it around the county. What's wrong with sacks, since South Holland loves rubbish sacks so much? We already put the black one out, then the green recycling one, so why not another colour for garden waste? And please let no councillor suggest composting YET again! I'm fed up hearing this suggestion. If everyone composted all their garden waste, they'd need a second garden to store it all.
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