local recycling bins- where have they gone?

[Huggers]

have I missed a trick? wanted to recycle loads of bottles but the big recycle banks have disappeared from both Peckham Rye and Sainsbury DKH car parks. Is this a new policy?

[James Barber]

WRT Sainsburys recycling centre. The council let it get into a terrible unsightly pickle. Sainsbury's after seeing no effort from Southwark Council to clean it up asked for it to be removed.

[Huggers]

understand but have boot full of bottles driving around trying to find one of those big things- there must be others.

[uncleglen]

There is one at the entrance to BelAir park but I haven't been recently so they may have removed it. Whenever I did go there it was always tidy

[Rosetta]

Ask your neighbours if you can borrow theirs?

[mumra]

Yes, we went to Sainsbury's to use the clothing bins. Non outside the Mind shop anymore either. Where would be the nearest ones?

[chazzle]

Old Kent Road refuse facility. Probably worth it if you have loads

[Pugwash]

The Sainsburys at Bell Green used to have loads of recycling bins - not sure if they are still there.

[tomskip]

I can't see what is green or environmentally friendly about having to make a special car journey of several miles to recycle stuff. I do think this is an appalling decision by the council, although in the light of swingeing budget cuts, perhaps not that surprising.

[JohnL]

It's not working is it.

Supermarkets were chosen I'd think as you're already going to shop.

[gabys1st]

Maybe something to ask the councillors to look in to. One advertises here regularly, I will ask him when I see his name next, cd be worth others doing it as well.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

James Barber Wrote:

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> WRT Sainsburys recycling centre. The council let

> it get into a terrible unsightly pickle.

> Sainsbury's after seeing no effort from Southwark

> Council to clean it up asked for it to be removed.

Whose responsibility was it to maintain cleanliness? What document was that obligation recorded in?

[tomskip]

Just letting folks know that the recycling facilities are still in situ at the big Sainsbury's Saver Centre at Bell Green.

[Huggers]

thanks tomskip but Bell Green is just as far as the Old Kent Road recycling centre.if Sainsbury's ones were getting out of hand, maybe they needed to be emptied more.

[uncleglen]

Just more neglect of front line services as the council tax payer is being inconvenienced by deliberate political actions ultimately designed for the denigration of central government. I dread to think what's going on in local authority controlled schools....

[cazzyr]

We have same problem...Southwark 'Let's recycle more' well I would given the chance. Why are blue bins only emptied fortnightly and brown bins weekly?? If once per week for blue bins then a lot of hastle eased.

[Siduhe]

It's not just recycling - our green bin collection was missed this week and the advice from Southwark Environmental was to drive the rubbish to the Devon Road/OKR facility as they couldn't guarantee they would be able to do a missed bin collection within 7 days due to "heavy demand".

Also, in case anyone is thinking of doing the same - the hours at the Devon Road facility have changed from 2 Jan:

Please note that from 2nd January 2017 the opening times of the Centre will change, the new opening times will be as follows: 8.30am to 4.30pm every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day

[KalamityKel]

cazzyr Wrote:

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> We have same problem...Southwark 'Let's recycle

> more' well I would given the chance. Why are blue

> bins only emptied fortnightly and brown bins

> weekly?? If once per week for blue bins then a lot

> of hastle eased.

Isn't it generally thought (by council/government reckoning) that with shops, supposedly, reducing packaging along with households, again supposedly, being more savvy when it comes to purchasing goods and recycling that there shouldn't be a great amount needing to be recycled hence the fortnightly collections?

[Sue]

cazzyr Wrote:

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> We have same problem...Southwark 'Let's recycle

> more' well I would given the chance. Why are blue

> bins only emptied fortnightly and brown bins

> weekly?? If once per week for blue bins then a lot

> of hastle eased.

If I have more recycling than will fit in the blue bin, I put it in a separate bin bag with a note attached saying it is recycling.

Never had a problem, it has always been collected.

[singalto]

I had a long chat with the man at the recycling van in Sainsbury's car park on Wednesday. Sainsbury's have stopped having the recycling bins because far too many people misused them, leaving stuff on the ground rather than bother to put it in the appropriate container. I can't blame Sainsbury's for not wanting broken glass and clothes etc spread around quite a large area. If people behaved correctly the containers would probably still be there.

[Mellors]

There are bins on the right hand side of Sydenham Hill as you drive towards Crystal Palace (near the Crescent Wood Avenue Entrance).

[Jeremy]

singalto Wrote:

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> Sainsbury's have stopped having the recycling bins

> because far too many people misused them, leaving

> stuff on the ground rather than bother to put it

> in the appropriate container.

I think that's only part of the story. The bins weren't emptied frequently enough, it often wasn't actually possible to put the items in the appropriate container because they were full. Then when people start leaving stuff on the floor, it's the start of a slippery slope and people start dumping any old rubbish there.

[DulwichFox]

What Jeremy said.

That was the problem.. Too much crap.. badly managed.

DulwichFox

[alex_b]

Exactly, 90% of the time I went to drop off clothes the bins were full with bags of overspill dotted around the place.I'm not surprised Sainsbury's got fed up with their carpark being scattered with waste.