Brighton and Lewes worst recycling rate in Sussex

[The Birdman]

Lucas refuses to talk to the BBC reporters about the poor recycling ,that makes a change her not opening her mouth, Labour are trying to put right a poor management by the Greens past bad decisions.

 

[Notters]

In Brighton it's the result having the greatest number of people living in (pokey) flats and therefore it being very hard to organise and having anywhere to store the stuff.

The technology exists to separate rubbish now anyway.

 

[ditchy]

In Brighton it's the result having the greatest number of people living in (pokey) flats and therefore it being very hard to organise and having anywhere to store the stuff.

The technology exists to separate rubbish now anyway.

No its more the point that they want us to recycle having previously given us separate bins to put paper and cardboard in and a separate one for glass. Now they expect me to walk 200yds to put my paper recycling in one bin and a further 200 yds to walk to put glass in another bin etc. in as they are not together Thats not on ! I appreciate the council wanting me to put into communal bins but not 200 yds apart in totally opposite directions , but also they could have put them together . That as well as having collected previously at my door , and now , charge me more for the previlidge of me having to dispose of my waste at their convenience in bins away from my door , is totally inconvenient.
It sounds crass and the fact that i could make the effort to recycle , but not when the so called green council then blow their trumpet at how good they have been about providing recycling when, infact they have reduced the service and charged more , yet other councils have done better
Rant over

 

[8ace]

We have FOUR more branches of spoons than Haywards Heath does though.

 

[Seasidesage]

We have FOUR more branches of spoons than Haywards Heath does though.

Game set and match!

 

[CHAPPERS]

No its more the point that they want us to recycle having previously given us separate bins to put paper and cardboard in and a separate one for glass. Now they expect me to walk 200yds to put my paper recycling in one bin and a further 200 yds to walk to put glass in another bin etc. in as they are not together Thats not on ! I appreciate the council wanting me to put into communal bins but not 200 yds apart in totally opposite directions , but also they could have put them together . That as well as having collected previously at my door , and now , charge me more for the previlidge of me having to dispose of my waste at their convenience in bins away from my door , is totally inconvenient.
It sounds crass and the fact that i could make the effort to recycle , but not when the so called green council then blow their trumpet at how good they have been about providing recycling when, infact they have reduced the service and charged more , yet other councils have done better
Rant over

oh COME ON. Inconveniant? Walking 400 yards is not inconveniant. Do you want recycling bins lining the streets instead so you don't have to go any further than outside your front door?

Do me a favour.

 

[Rugrat]

Not surprising given the archaic way it's done by Lewes. Need to separate everything and put into bags or boxes which don't store in the house and then put them out for a converted milk float to drop by and 2/3 blokes to hand sort it into different bins. Then they leave half of it behind as we seemingly don't know what plastic and/or cardboard is even when it's clearly labelled

Oh for Horsham, one neat wheely bin where everything would go and be hooked up by a truck and gone as soon as it came and council tax 30% less than where we are now

 

[The Birdman]

We have FOUR more branches of spoons than Haywards Heath does though.

Is that in Brighton or Hove actually

 

[beorhthelm]

oh COME ON. Inconveniant? Walking 400 yards is not inconveniant.

thats a 1/4 mile and a 4-5 minute walk for many. yeah, that's pretty inconvenient, especially in different directions (which i think was the point).

 

[CHAPPERS]

thats a 1/4 mile and a 4-5 minute walk for many. yeah, that's pretty inconvenient, especially in different directions (which i think was the point).

Or you could take it on the way to somewere else, which is what I do. It's not hard. Going door to door with trucks that need to pick up all recycling is a crazy idea, especially in Brighton.

 

[ditchy]

yeah !! when orriginally they provided the service . i wouldnt mind if they said bins are now communal but becuase we no longer collect there will be a reduction in your council tax . Instead it has gone up and i now instead of recycling in bind provided outside now have to go to inconvenient street loactions . I am not the only one who thinks this way , hence the low recycling rates . its about providing a service which the council is clearly out of touch with .

 

[Deleted member 22389]

Not surprising given the archaic way it's done by Lewes. Need to separate everything and put into bags or boxes which don't store in the house and then put them out for a converted milk float to drop by and 2/3 blokes to hand sort it into different bins. Then they leave half of it behind as we seemingly don't know what plastic and/or cardboard is even when it's clearly labelled

Oh for Horsham, one neat wheely bin where everything would go and be hooked up by a truck and gone as soon as it came and council tax 30% less than where we are now

Lewes District Council and the pathetic black boxes and pathetic bags for cardboard and stupid long bed milk float, don't get me started. At least they could give us a wheelie bin for cardboard and paper. No wonder they are not recycling enough. I have complained about it on many occasions but Lewes District Council never listen, they even refused to pick up some cardboard once because I couldn't fit it in the bag. I phoned them up, told them I was putting it in the general rubbish now, and they told me that wasn't allowed.

10th most expensive council tax in the country, some of the poorest recycling services I have seen.

 

[ditchy]

thats a 1/4 mile and a 4-5 minute walk for many. yeah, that's pretty inconvenient, especially in different directions (which i think was the point).

My point is that if they had provided the same recycling for both paper and glass at same point , icould pretty much swallow that and accept the reduction in services , but to put them so blatantly apart just discourages people from recycling . thats where they have it wrong .

 

[CHAPPERS]

I'd rather not have 5 boxes of recycling full outside my flat, including loads of glass bottles, thank you very much. Communal bins make loads more sense and a tiny bit of effort from eveyone would make it all run prefectly well.

 

[Rugrat]

Lewes District Council and the pathetic black boxes and pathetic bags for cardboard and stupid long bed milk float, don't get me started. At least they could give us a wheelie bin for cardboard and paper. No wonder they are not recycling enough. I have complained about it on many occasions but Lewes District Council never listen, they even refused to pick up some cardboard once because I couldn't fit it in the bag. I phoned them up, told them I was putting it in the general rubbish now, and they told me that wasn't allowed.

10th most expensive council tax in the country, some of the poorest recycling services I have seen.

Ha ... and can trump that with the totally sh*t garden waste

Horsham, every other week all year for £35

Seaford .. need to buy a bin for £40(?) then £70 a year, collect every two weeks but it stops at the end of October just when the leaves start falling. Doesn't start again till March as if nobody does any garden work for 4 months

 

[8ace]

Someone stole all the empty tinnies I left out the other week

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Christ there are some lazy ****ers around.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

I recycle everything I can but they don't make it easy. The closest thing to my flat is a communal street bin for rubbish which anyone can put anything in including recyclables. The nearest recycling for paper plastic and cans is a walk round the corner (about 3 mins) and the nearest glass is about 8 mins away. For people who aren't too bothered about recycling, I can see why they might choose the first most convenient option and just chuck it all in the rubbish bin.

The councils with better recycling rates probably have a higher proportion of door to door collections where it is easier to restrict how much rubbish is collected (eg one smaller bin once every 2 weeks), and when you're rubbish and recycling is collected from your house it is just as easy to recycle as it is to put things in the rubbish bin.

In short, when it is easier and more convenient, and totally unrestricted in terms of volume, to chuck away rubbish, than it is to recycle (in some cases), you will get lower recycling rates!

 

[Hastings gull]

Not surprising given the archaic way it's done by Lewes. Need to separate everything and put into bags or boxes which don't store in the house and then put them out for a converted milk float to drop by and 2/3 blokes to hand sort it into different bins. Then they leave half of it behind as we seemingly don't know what plastic and/or cardboard is even when it's clearly labelled

Oh for Horsham, one neat wheely bin where everything would go and be hooked up by a truck and gone as soon as it came and council tax 30% less than where we are now

Same in Hastings. It works well; the bin is huge, and collected every two weeks. In fact, as we take it seriously, the recycling bin is almost always full, and the black bin about half full.

 

[Hastings gull]

Ha ... and can trump that with the totally sh*t garden waste

Horsham, every other week all year for £35

Seaford .. need to buy a bin for £40(?) then £70 a year, collect every two weeks but it stops at the end of October just when the leaves start falling. Doesn't start again till March as if nobody does any garden work for 4 months

Brown garden bin in Hastings is £41.00, collected every two weeks, though I think it stops for a couple of months after Xmas, but has been invaluable this autumn with the leaves, and of course in summer.