weeklywaste Forum

Doretta · Administrator Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 171

In recent weeks we have received so many emails from residents experiencing maggot infestations in their wheeled bins. Council officials will often dismiss these and blame householders for "poor bin hygiene" when in truth it is the fortnightly frequency of bin collection which allows fly larvae to reach maturity. The maggot "myth" has been dispelled by the admission of one Council leader that he has had maggot infestations in his bin - his remedy was to feed the maggots to his chickens!! Residents are spending a lot of money on professional bin cleaning - weekly collections would, in most cases, prevent the need for this additional expense.

In the news:

Shrinking bins - councils are planning to reduce the size of wheeled bins for general waste. Standard 240 litre bins are being withdrawn and replaced with 140 litre bins - most areas have fortnightly collections. If people have no transport to take any excess waste to the civic amenity sites, rubbish will be stored in their gardens creating a haven for rats. It is unreasonable to expect families to manage their waste responsibly, however much they recycle. What happens to all the redundant 240 litre bins - are they recycled?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/a...d-cram-rubbish-mini-wheelies.html

Residents being paid for recycling! Windsor and Maidenhead Council has been trialling a Recycle bank scheme where residents are paid for the amount they recycle by weighing chipped bins.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6824086.ece

The following story made us smile:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/a...-containing-maggot-livestock.html

Please continue to let us know of your experiences, good and bad. We appreciate some councils are doing their best to maintain weekly collections of general waste. It is a service we really did not appreciate until it was gone!