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Top Dog · Site Moderator Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 2113 Status:

Calne is lucky to have there dustbins picked up every week.If they indroduced a two weekly collection in calne would it work?

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rosco · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:

Nope, I am against that - trouble with a two week pickup is, if you miss one (say you're out that day or away for a short break) your rubbish would have to wait up to 4 weeks to get picked up, rather than two as at present. That's just too long to my view.

All that psuedo-science to say that two weeks is long enough to avoid maggots forming just doens't convince me either I am afraid!
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

There was a rticle how there is a soar in rats in this country.
with a two week collection this can only get worse.
the bin men need to be more flexable as it is.sometime you cant get it all in the one bin you are provided and the bin men wont take just bags.
no wonder there is such a increase in fly tipping.

Bear · Mile Elm Minstrel Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 1001 Status:

Sorry but once a week is what I pay my "Poll Tax" for and that is what I expect.

Kizzy · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject:

If the council collected my rubbish (which they don't) I would like it at least once a week - I don't get that service but I pay for it in my council tax
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

The problem is they will probley change it to two weeks collections malbrough and devizes i belive is two weeks.there will be nothing we can do about it :twisted:

Bear · Mile Elm Minstrel Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 1001 Status:

Peter Dolman

This may be a thread that is a year old but it is a topic that has not gone away.

2 weekly bin collections has just been introduced in Cricklade and is likely to be introduced into Calne.

The powers to be beleive that they can persuade "us" to recycle more by bringing in the 2 weekly regime.

Everyother week they would collect waste food, biomass & cans/paper etc and then ordinary refuse the following week.

Local politicians can be under no doubt the majority of the voters do not want 2 weekly bin collections under any circumstances, why are they so arrogant to ignore what people want. Is it surprising that voters stay away from the ballot box.

If the politicians are serious about improving recycling then put recycling boxes on every street, introduce compulsory recycling for all shops and business's.

Make shops, especially supermarkets to reduce the amount of packaging and ban plastic bags.
There is lots that can be done but why aren't we?

GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2206 Status:

Where I live (in the Kennet District area) we have fortnightly bin collections which was done to push people into recycling more. The fact of the matter is that by the time the rubbish is collected the bins are overflowing with rotting refuse and the recycling tubs are also overflowing. Kennet will issue you with orange bin bags which is the only colour that they will manually collect when your bins are being emptied. Whether it is saving the council money by doing this I'm not sure but the weight of rubbish must mean the lorries have to make a trip to the tip half way through their rounds which adds more time and fuel to the task in hand.
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