Recycle Blue Bins Emptied Sun, 01.06.2008, at 0824

Those emptying the recycle Blue Bins this Sunday morning starting at 0824 on 01.06.2008 have to contend with the some 40 Orange Bags fly tipped on the ground from yesterday and the seventh recycle Blue Bin placed some distance away behind the benches and tree to accommodate a newly added green recycle clothes bin.

Fortunately, it is not pouring rain as it was last Sunday morning at this time, but the Thames Water pipe replacement programme is fully under way along this road narrowing it down to one lane on the far side.

They take upwards of ten minutes to collect and empty these recycle Blue Bins which is a job that normally takes five to six minutes.

Because of the fly tipped Orange Bags which take two recycle Blue Bins to fill and remove, there is much added noise on this early Sunday morning. You can hear it on this video through my closed window.

However, this is not the most important aspect of this problem for it is the safety and health hazards that are created by fly tipping these Orange Bags on the ground overnight after having thrown them there in the first place that is the central issue.

The glass jars break inside the bags when thrown onto the ground. They split open with bits coming out while leaving openings for vermin to access. This presents an additional hazard to those picking up this fly tipped rubbish which can be entirely avoided by having an adequate number of recycle Blue Bins available and all together.

Instead of doing this, somebody has added a green recycle clothes bin this past week rather than solve this problem first thus adding to that existing problem. Here is the problem as it is created for those who have to pick up and empty this recyclable waste properly.

They already have a dangerous job which is made more so by this problem. Moving these recycle Blue Bins around even when empty is not easy as can be seen when they are brought back over the kerb.

Parking illegally on the solid yellow line means they have to find the best means to move the recycle Blue Bins back and forth to the truck in the road sometimes having to go over the kerb because the drop kerb is blocked.

Having to pick up the fly tipped bags adds to the work load and fatigue factor which can contribute to accident and health risks. Accidents have been known to happen with the hopper on the truck.

The failure to provide an adequate number of recycle Blue Bins has occurred after I sent along a complete video rendition of this process for the first couple weekends in May to see if this problem could be properly addressed.

Here's the results of what is supposed to be a trial period when an additional green recycle clothes bin is added instead of additional recycle Blue Bins.

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