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Terry, Howard and I attended a meeting with Roger Walton, the Director of Waste Services and Property Management; Nick Kenton, the Portfolio Holder for Waste Services and Brindley Hill, the Manager for Community Services.
Roger gave a precis on the whys and wherefores of the new service and when it will be fully rolled out, which should be early in the new year.
The main idea of it is to do away with black bags as much as possible and to "containerise" the waste so there is much less mess caused by seagulls, urban foxes, rats and any other animals.
When the system is completely rolled out, black bags will no longer be collected; if they are left out, they will be taken, but they will also be opened to see if there are any personal details (name and address) inside and the owners will be contacted and fines may be issued.
The black boxes and blue bags can be continued to be used if necessary.
Purple bags can be used as alternatives if wheelie bins are not used.
Terry expressed his concerns about the London Road area and the problems round there. Howard gave his point of view very succinctly and I put my arguments about the Clarendons and their very small gardens with wheelie bins and about the Folkestone Road and all the bins along the pavement.
I had taken lots of photos along the Clarendons showing that the gardens are just far too small for these bins and photos of Folkestone Road.
I felt comfortable that greater co-operation will be the order of the day, although I was a little uneasy about the (apparant) problem with black/purple bags and the reasoning why black ones can't be collected as well as purple.
There is a willingness to reduce/share the wheelie bins where HMOs are concerned and the bins must be taken off of the pavements (I'll experiment with how to put photos up on here, so everyone can see our problems here.
I'm sure that Howard and Terry will be more than happy to put their two-pennorth.
Roger