[Talk-GB] Fwd: Quarterly Project: Waste and Recycling

[Chris Hodges]

That pattern seems quite variable though.  South Glos is back to 
essentially normal (barring the odd closure when all the staff have to 
isolate). I'm not sure we ever had a booking system, though ours were 
closed for longer than some; I didn't need to go until things had calmed 
down.

The supermarket-based sites are a bit of an oddity.  They made perfect 
sense when there was no kerbside recycling collection - visiting the 
bottle bank on the way to the supermarket was routine.  Now they mainly 
provide extra capacity for the stuff that's collected from the home 
anyway - and some clothing/book charity collections - and my local 
example needs updating.   But then you get carrier bag bins (I've just 
added one at the same local example) and battery bins at the store 
itself rather than the back of the carpark.


We might need to apply a little judgement about obviously temporary 
arrangements.



On 05/10/2021 11:48, David Woolley wrote:
> 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.
>
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