David

Hi Steve,

Few problems with your solution. Even if 50% (it’s not going to be close to 100% without government legislation) of households decided to buy a compost bin and recycle all green waste, the council would still have to collect the green waste from the remaining households, so can’t see how it would save much money?

I agree we should encourage maximum recycling which is why I suggested a choice between green bins and compost bins, if we can get the amount of collected green waste to a minimum MAYBE it could be past on to a voluntary group (with some funding) or a not for profit group for the remaining residents who can’t/don’t want to recycle green waste for LOCAL collection. Why not have multiple small green waste recycling locations, like you say it’s a waste of resources collecting it, transporting it all over the place etc…, much better to keep it local.

Since I posted the above article we’ve decided if ELDC refuse to collect green waste for 4 months of the year we will buy a compost bin, even though we currently aren’t really setup (renovating our home) to have a compost bin on the property (it’s a mess, still not sure where we will put it!). Even if we do buy a compost bin what about everyone else, this is still a problem for others?

Regarding your “constant sniping at ELDC” comment: If not East Lindsey District Council who do we address these issues to, ELDC are making this decision, who else has power to make a change in council policy?

David