[Talk-GB] Quarterly Project: Waste and Recycling

[David Woolley]

On 05/10/2021 09:20, Jez Nicholson wrote:
> I've been thinking of this project mostly around household refuse and 
> Household Waste Recycling Centres

I'm not sure if this is a good idea at the moment, unless you can be 
sure that the data will be revised every few months.

Round me loads of local sites (typically supermarkets) have closed. 
Those that remain have lost waste streams (e.g. there are no longer any 
small electrical collections).  Also the streams they still collect are 
overflowing every time I look. I guess the supermarkets no longer think 
they attract footfall for the main store.

The council ones are also fussy;  you have to book in advance, prove you 
are a local resident, and in my council's case, have to arrive by car 
(there is no walk-in facility).

It is possible this is the new normal, but it is also possible that even 
more sites could close, or alternatively that things could recover.