Eric Pickles offer of money for us not to go aherad with alternate weekly collections fails to make sense at any level. He has offered £250 million, which is roughly £1 million for every authority operating alternate weekly collections if they agree to switch to weekly collections.
Firstly, it does not make financial sense. Going with our current plans should save us about £5 million over that period. So going the Pickles route would cost us money. Secondly, we would have to order a new fleet of vehicles and pay for the crews. Aside from the financial cost, that would take a long time to organise. We would also have to launch a new publicity campaign to educate the public. Thirdly, weekly collections lead to less recycling and less waste minimisation, so we would fail to achieve our manifesto committment to increase recycling. Finally, landfill is a major contributor to grenhouse gases, so more landfill would go against our climate chnage objectives.
It amazes me that the Tory/Lib Dem government area pushing such an awful policy at the same time as imposing huge spending cuts in every other area.
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