The consultation on Brent's new Waste Strategy has closed, although the results are still being collated, but I thought I would blog on what I picked up whilst doing the rounds of the Area Consultative Forums (ACFs).
Interestingly, alternate weekly collections do not seem to worry people very much. Once they realise that food and garden waste continue to be collected once a week, they seem quite happy about grey bins and dry recyclables on alternate weeks. Similarly, I expected our no side waste policy for grey bins to be a popular objection, but most people seem accepting.
What did seem to concern people was finding space for the new bins in their front gardens, and often the aesthetics of the street, especially in Conservation Areas. Officers are likely to strengthen the Strategy on these areas.
1 comment:
Rubbish! -Most residents do not want fortnightly collections - yes we want to recycle but the whole consultation was badly advertised - and the questions asked in a way what you wanted answered.
You will be pushing problems else where Mr Powney - Rodents are already a problem so the environmental health dept will be on overtime and our streets are already full of sainsbury's bags full of rubbish so it will only get worse.
Also very few residents attend the ACF meetings so I don't think you have had true sense of the public opinion
This has been rushed through without proper thought
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