We are committed to recycling as much as possible.
We believe that for years councils have done little to encourage recycling - now our city council is trying to force people with this scheme instead of education, encouragement or reward.
There has been no proper consultation or debate with the residents.
There has been no long term research on the effects of fortnightly refuse collections.
Fortnightly refuse collections do not work in highly populated areas such as Oxford City.
Terraced houses with no rear or side access and small gardens were not designed for wheelie-bins and the fortnightly storage of waste.
We have high levels of multi-occupation housing.
In the hot summer months this scheme will create a health hazard with an increase in flies, maggots and rats.
Overflowing, obtrusive wheelie bins are already spoiling parts of Oxford.
We believe that this scheme will create an increase in fly-tipping.
We are campaigning for an improved community recycling programme and a return to weekly collections.
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Charge them
13.02.2007 14:07
Bizz
Encourage recycling
13.02.2007 18:02
Otherwise they can't be bothered to get off their fat backsides and will continue dumping things in the landfill bin.
A Person
for comparison
14.02.2007 10:53
The council has done a decent job of setting out their case and plans. CROWs site is well argues as well.
I wonder what will happen with stuff that's in the wrong bin? Putting potentially recyclable stuff into landfill is simple and we've done it for decades, but if you put landfill stuff in the recycling box will the collection crew leave it on your doorstep? I half-hope they will.
yokel
all too familiar
15.02.2007 17:29
Keith
An Oxford resident
22.02.2007 14:01
John
Why do we allow our councillors to dictate
24.02.2007 13:32
They have told residents that it is working in other regions but they fail to mention all the residents in the same areas who have experienced maggots and vermin attacking their 2 week old stinking rubbish. We have an increase of TB, MRSA now Bird Flu what next for this country bubonic plague from the rats? It's time to clean up our act and get back to weekly collections.
Fred
Recycling Truth or Deceipt?
04.03.2007 12:45
Campaigner
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Oxford Mail Latest from the Council
05.03.2007 23:15
This is the latest info from a council that informed us that everyone was requesting a smaller wheelie bin because they would not have enough refuse to fill a larger one! We are now to be "punished"
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Vote for Weekly Collections Downing Street Petition
16.03.2007 18:30
Eric Murray
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This person is wrong
19.03.2007 10:10
I am more likely to listen to science than scare mongering
Fortnightly collections are the BEST way of increasing recycling and saving this planet
Brian
Reply to Brian
29.03.2007 10:18
Cranfield University and Enviros Consulting Limited Report
DEFRA Waste Implementation Programme Wycombe District Council
Health Impact Assessment of Alternate Week Waste Collections of Biodegradable Waste
This report commissioned by Wycombe Council and DEFRA on the health impacts of alternate weekly waste collections suggests that there are no adverse effects of moving to this system. However on closer inspection the report is based on assumptions that all waste is stored in wheelie bins and ignores the problems encountered with refuse sacks and side waste (uncollected rubbish). Given that approximately 4500 Oxford households are going to be issued with lilac bags this report has little relevance for Oxford.
The report includes a flawed survey:
Only 1.4% of those surveyed in shared accommodation
No questions were asked about additional litter or flytipping two of the key consequences of this new system
No consideration is given to areas with a high concentration of houses of multiple occupation
There are admissions that:
Odours will increase in the second week of the collection
Vermin will increase in numbers
The numbers of flies will increase
But the report states:
“However there is no evidence in the literature to suggest that rodents or flies will necessarily increase with an alternate weekly collection, provided that the waste is stored in an appropriate container”
This does not address the real problems we are facing here in Oxford with piles of lilac sacks and black bags littering our streets.
Included in the report is the advice from the World Health Organization to collect waste weekly in temperate climates, and further advice recommending twice a week in warmer climates but this is ignored.
This report is a localised study with dodgy conclusions which ignore the evidence. It has no relevance for Oxford and needs to be treated with caution rather than enthusiasm.
Campaigner
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1687277.ece
23.04.2007 06:56
Eric
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oxfordweeklywaste@yahoo.co.uk
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http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/WeeklyRubbish/
26.04.2007 08:58
Eric