Recycling bins for Brighton and Hove get green light

10:00am Sunday 10th February 2013 in News

Plans to install hundreds of city centre communal recycling bins to encourage people to go green have been approved.
 

Black boxes used by tens of thousands of people are set to be dumped in favour of giant containers by Brighton and Hove City Council.
 

Town hall bosses will use a Government grant of £840,000 to install 700 new containers to be shared by neighbours, claiming it will boost recycling rates and clear clutter from roads.
 

However more than 270 parking spaces are expected to be lost.
A mass consultation of the affected area, from Sackville Road, Hove to east Brighton, will now take place.

 

 

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006 and a third says...
10:43am Sun 10 Feb 13

All it will take is a tiny amount of non-recyclable refuse to be added to the wrong bin and the whole lot goes of to landfill, to join much of the other items people believe are being recycled.

This is a stupid idea.

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mimseycal says...
12:25pm Sun 10 Feb 13

But ideology is served its full measure ;)

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Kate234 says...
1:33pm Sun 10 Feb 13

Yes well this does come from the party that spent millions on a bicycle lane which has resulted in negligible additional uptake of cycling, increased pollution due to congested traffic and reduced public transport (bus) times which will no doubt force more people to drive to reduce their commute time. The same party that still has not said sorry for wasting people's money for this fiasco.

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Purple55 says...
5:32pm Sun 10 Feb 13

From previous Argus report, "Brighton and Hove City Council wants to roll out the large containers to more than 30,000 homes". From this report, "...to install 700 new containers to be shared by neighbours". So, if my maths is correct, that's 1 bin per 42 households. More frequent emptying will be needed which, in the long run, surely can't be as cost-effective as the routine 2-wkly collection. (This has happened in my street with the current black bins being emptied every 2 days. As an aside, the same street is now more rubbish-fllled than previously when we had the green wheelie bins, they were great!)

Further maths issue: "…will lead to the loss of more than 270 parking spaces". So where are the other 420 bins going to be placed? Understand some on double yellow lines but not all can be there as no-parking lines are there for a reason, to enable traffic flowing, in narrow streets, dangerous corners etc.

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Kate234 says...
6:57pm Sun 10 Feb 13

Purple55 wrote:
From previous Argus report, "Brighton and Hove City Council wants to roll out the large containers to more than 30,000 homes". From this report, "...to install 700 new containers to be shared by neighbours". So, if my maths is correct, that's 1 bin per 42 households. More frequent emptying will be needed which, in the long run, surely can't be as cost-effective as the routine 2-wkly collection. (This has happened in my street with the current black bins being emptied every 2 days. As an aside, the same street is now more rubbish-fllled than previously when we had the green wheelie bins, they were great!)

Further maths issue: "…will lead to the loss of more than 270 parking spaces". So where are the other 420 bins going to be placed? Understand some on double yellow lines but not all can be there as no-parking lines are there for a reason, to enable traffic flowing, in narrow streets, dangerous corners etc.
I wonder how many job losses it will lead to as these savings have to come from somewhere. Also have they factored in the depreciation to people's houses and flats that have these bins close by. Nope I doubt it. They should be paying market value consultation. I was told when the first set of bins came out that you should expect a flat to drop about £20k in value as a result of having one of these things outside. I'm wondering if the council will be offering compensation to people affected by these bins? I think not. I think all councillors that vote for this should volunteer to have these bins outside their property. It would be good to see some leadership by example.

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Idontbelieveit1948 says...
9:30pm Sun 10 Feb 13

A nursery rhyme for our times :-


If you go down to the town today
You're sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the town today
You will not believe your eyes
The parking spaces are all full of bins
For recycling cardboard, bottles and tins
Today’s the day the Greens finally lost it

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RJJM says...
9:36pm Sun 10 Feb 13

According to BHCC own recycling figures for Brunswick and Adelaide this is a 2 out of 10.

Fail.

Blame the contract with Veolia that built a Dump by Downs Infant School designed to handle 70% for the burner and 30% for attempts at recycling.

Shocked you will after the next episode of soft"soap"ed.

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Resident in Hanover says...
7:46am Sat 16 Feb 13

Idontbelieveit1948 wrote:
A nursery rhyme for our times :-


If you go down to the town today
You're sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the town today
You will not believe your eyes
The parking spaces are all full of bins
For recycling cardboard, bottles and tins
Today’s the day the Greens finally lost it
I wonder if it's possible to squeeze in the word Kittycat to make that all the more pertinent.

These guys are dead in the next election

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