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Making waste disposal easy



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Published Date: 17 July 2008
WITH reference to recent concerns regarding the County Council's policy of accepting heavy waste, I am in agreement with recent correspondents who have run into trouble when attempting to dispose of such waste at County Council recycling sites.
One of our priorities is to ensure that all waste is disposed of in as safe a manner as possible, whilst adhering to the health and Safety regulations that govern such facilities. Unfortunately the regulations that cover the recycling centres are vastly different from heavy waste disposal sites.

One of our long-term priorities is to make it as easy as possible to dispose of all kinds of waste in as safe a manner as possible and the County Council is currently reviewing the placement of heavy waste disposal sites; our intention is to have dedicated areas where this can be made easy, and therefore stopping the problems that can run into when trying to dispose of such waste at recycling centres.

COUN CHRIS WINTERTON,
Nottinghamshire County Council.



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scubajon,

Mansfield Woodhouse 29/07/2008 14:12:58
I recently came up against exactly this sort of stupidity! I had replaced one window in my house with French doors and put 2 small bags of rubble in my trailer with some other recycling refuse and took it all to the recycling site. The rest of the stuff in the trailer was acceptable as it was "domestic" but not the 2 bags of rubble! They were designated "DIY" and that is not acceptable at the recycling site even in such small amounts in a trailer! I was told by an operative at the site that if I had taken them in the boot of my car, they would have been acceptable! So, I took them out of the trailer and put them into the boot of my car (a distance of about 1mtr.)and then the rubble was accepted! It is this kind of stupidity and thoughtless rule that causes the dumping of rubbish in our countryside. I have a small trailer so that I don't have to carry rubbish in the boot of the car ! C Winterton says that the council are going to set up "dedicated" sites for the disposal of "heavy" waste, no doubt at some exorbitant cost to the already frustrated tax payer! Those sites will only be used by tradesmen who can pass on the cost to the customer. They will, no doubt, not be cost effective or reasonably cheap to the general public who, by the time they have added the cost of getting there and back, I'm sure they will be sited some considerable distance from any domestic housing area, will continue to dump their rubbish as they do now. What percentage of "dumpers" do the council prosecute? Around 5% I would guess. This makes it very attractive odds and a cost effective way of getting rid of unwanted rubbish. The local councils have dedicated teams for the collection of such refuse so if they are going to take it anyway, why not make it easier and free for the average DIY enthusiast to dispose of such small amounts of waste and help save our countryside from the unsightly piles of rubbish......No, that makes much more sense, and we all know that councils don't run on
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