[Talk-GB] Household Waste Recycling

[Nick Whitelegg]

It does seem a little short-sighted to disallow pedestrians, or require them to have a permit. Not everyone can drive and this is making life difficult.. ironic that recycling​ centres discourage a mode of transport like walking, which, with cycling, is probably the greenest method of transport!

Round here (Southampton) they used to have a pedestrian-friendly, city-centre-located place, which a few years ago was replaced by an awkward-to-get-to pedestrian-unfriendly location in the suburbs.

Another feature that was also a little irritating (not sure if still the case, and this may have been Hampshire, not Southampton) was the 16:00 closing time in the winter half of the year, namely Oct-Mar inclusive. Given that sunset is after 17:00 for most of October, February and March, that seemed a little early.

Nick


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From: Tony Shield <tonyosm9 at gmail.com>
Sent: 22 March 2021 13:28
To: Ken Kilfedder <spiregrain_osm at ksglp.org.uk>; talk-gb at openstreetmap.org <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Household Waste Recycling


My local Chorley Recycling Centre

https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=53.63462870271903&lng=-2.64895511208465&z=19.259070961605016&pKey=po3NgIdhU2YI7-tzgFtQ2Q&focus=photo&x=0.5055185484717322&y=0.4879444087446956&zoom=1.6289592760180995

Allowed - Cars, single axle trailers

Allowed with PERMIT - Vans, Twin Axle Trailers, Pick ups and Flat backs, Pedestrians

Not Allowed - Vehicles with more than 4 wheels, Tipper vehicles, Trailers longer than 3 metres, Trade Waste.

Operated by Suez under contract from Lancashire County Council

Opening Hours are seasonal -  Winter - 0900-1700, Summer 0700-1900 - how can that be tagged?

And is the Household Waste list of sites updated automatically? Cos Farington is in the list but has not an OSM reference?

TonyS999

On 22/03/2021 12:50, Ken Kilfedder wrote:

Would foot=no with motor_vehicle=yes (or motor_vehicle=only) on the gate or access road do the trick?

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On Mon, 22 Mar 2021, at 12:09 PM, ael via Talk-GB wrote:


On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:15:20AM +0000, Paul Berry wrote:


Seconded: access is a crucial detail (along with opening hours and types of
waste accepted).

They are one of those features that are not only impossible to armchair map
in any detail but actually require a resident to drive through the facility.



Hmm. I have used (and mapped) these in both Oxfordshire and Cornwall.
Both appeared to cater only for vehicles, but I don't think they
actually displayed any notices to that effect. I don't know what would
happen if a pedestrian turned up with a wheelbarrow of waste or a
rucksac of rubbish even if they could walk along the long access roads.

How would you tag that for access? Similarly I have never been asked to
prove residence.

ael


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