It's nothing to with training. The method of collection and the oversized vehicles take up to 12 times longer to make the collections as per the H&S specified methods for wheelie bin emptying.In reality it will simply not happen as per the guidelines as it is wholly impractical and within weeks, operatives will result to the same ingenuity as is deployed in other areas.But the hazards and aesthetic damage to the local environs is now 24/7 365 days a year and as these bins get dirty and smelly will do further damage.Safety in particular is being seriously compromised and ignored.Council officers and councillors choose rather foolishly, to dismiss or are in denial that this happens. Residents need to gather evidence. Keep a photographic diary.Simply photograph your street or obstructing bins before and after collections and keep a log.Then email these ward councillors and Cllr.Bassam Mahfouz at Ealing and Cllr.Amarit Mann at Hounslow whom, via the West London Waste Authority are ultimately responsible for what is a half baked and naive imposition of a scheme which benefits the profits of waste companies and makes no difference to the overall generation of waste. It simply shuffles statistical figures and fogs accounting.The bins are left on the pavements in Brentford often for days on end post-collection. More often than not Blocking the narrow pavements entirely.Elderly and infirm are left trapped in homes from doorways being blocked and trying to manoeuvre vessels which are almost as big as themselves.Not ideal in wet or very hot weather.Despite the raising of these issues and clear notifications by the council that bins must be returned to a safe location back on the property, they are left out on the pavements. It never happens.I now have over 400 images of this in Brentford, Dormers Wells which looks a complete tip now, and already in South Ealing, some of which show extreme hazards that some are encountering and yet goes quite deliberately unaddressed by the local authorities .This from as many locals as possible should make it clear that if this is what they want to impose then it must be done properly and always. Not just for a photoshoot with a couple of Council Stooges.
Mark Kehoe ● 3437d