letter to the Gazette, 8/12/09
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colchesterfoeFour Rubbish Options - we need a fifth Recycling Option - Option E
Gazette, letters.
Dear Editor,
The four rubbish options which have been produced for consultation are too woolly and unspecific. Three propose fortnightly collections of 'refuse' which will inevitably bring in ugly wheelie bins after lots of hype about rats and bags left out on wrong weeks etc.
Option B is what we have now plus weekly foodwaste collection, yet they say that recycling would only rise by 3% from the current 37%. This is not credible, as food waste collections increase recycling levels hugely.
Govt-funded WRAP has shown that collecting recyclables separately, sorted at the kerb, is cheaper to run and brings the highest income for quality materials. The two things which increase recycling most are proven to be weekly collections of all recyclables and enough boxes and reusable bags to put separate materials in.
It has been reported that other options would be considered. Please vote for Option E in the waste consultation including on the council's website www.colchester.gov.uk:
• Weekly collections of everything, to make it easy for people and spread collection of materials and garden waste evenly for baling and composting. This was what we had during the Mersea area trial which reached 60% recycling back in 2002 and was supposed to be rolled out across the borough.
• Enough kerbside boxes and reusable bags to put the separated materials in.
• Weekly separate food waste bucket collections which can be used to produce compost and electricity or gas for home heating in local Anaerobic Digestion plants; a Tendring farmer wants one.
• Proper separated kerbside collections sorted at the kerb and baled locally, including paper separately to maximise quality and bring high income to supply our UK reprocessors. We need to collect separated glass colours as we used to do, to save huge amounts of energy and receive highest prices.
• Use suitable collection vehicles to replace the disastrous and costly 'split' vehicles which cannot cope with separated materials and are heavy fuel-users. Independent consultants advised that we buy back the flexible vehicles we used before, particularly the 'Fame' vehicles which separate the glass colours.
• No wheelie bins.
Yours sincerely,
Paula Whitney, Co-ordinator,
Colchester Friends of the Earth,
4 Shears Crescent, West Mersea.
Gazette, letters.
Dear Editor,
The four rubbish options which have been produced for consultation are too woolly and unspecific. Three propose fortnightly collections of 'refuse' which will inevitably bring in ugly wheelie bins after lots of hype about rats and bags left out on wrong weeks etc.
Option B is what we have now plus weekly foodwaste collection, yet they say that recycling would only rise by 3% from the current 37%. This is not credible, as food waste collections increase recycling levels hugely.
Govt-funded WRAP has shown that collecting recyclables separately, sorted at the kerb, is cheaper to run and brings the highest income for quality materials. The two things which increase recycling most are proven to be weekly collections of all recyclables and enough boxes and reusable bags to put separate materials in.
It has been reported that other options would be considered. Please vote for Option E in the waste consultation including on the council's website www.colchester.gov.uk:
• Weekly collections of everything, to make it easy for people and spread collection of materials and garden waste evenly for baling and composting. This was what we had during the Mersea area trial which reached 60% recycling back in 2002 and was supposed to be rolled out across the borough.
• Enough kerbside boxes and reusable bags to put the separated materials in.
• Weekly separate food waste bucket collections which can be used to produce compost and electricity or gas for home heating in local Anaerobic Digestion plants; a Tendring farmer wants one.
• Proper separated kerbside collections sorted at the kerb and baled locally, including paper separately to maximise quality and bring high income to supply our UK reprocessors. We need to collect separated glass colours as we used to do, to save huge amounts of energy and receive highest prices.
• Use suitable collection vehicles to replace the disastrous and costly 'split' vehicles which cannot cope with separated materials and are heavy fuel-users. Independent consultants advised that we buy back the flexible vehicles we used before, particularly the 'Fame' vehicles which separate the glass colours.
• No wheelie bins.
Yours sincerely,
Paula Whitney, Co-ordinator,
Colchester Friends of the Earth,
4 Shears Crescent, West Mersea.
