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Changes to Council Services eg Recycling & Waste:  Christmas & New Year

https://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/2140/changes_to_council_services_over_christmasnew_year_periodIt takes a while for the collections to get back to the schedule.You can also find the write up and dates for this on this website in the Calendar column if you scroll down.You can also re-check what can be recycled kerbside and in the neighbourhood recycling bins here:https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201171/recycling_servicesCheck out the new textile collection and where our recycling goes etc.Even better check out the West London Waste Authority's website for hep with reducing waste and recycling.www.lovefoodhatewaste.com, supermarket websites and many more now have lots of recipes for leftovers.

Philippa Bond ● 1353d28 Comments

An enjoyable read with only a bit of politicising but full of solid community advice and interesting articles relevant to Brent residents.Wish that Ealing did something similar, thank you for the link.

N V Brooks ● 1329d

https://www.brent.gov.uk/council-news/your-brent/Here is Brent's version of Around Ealing for comparison.  It is quarterly.

Philippa Bond ● 1329d

I have managed to cut out virtually all periodicals, newsletters and the like in favour of electronic versions Only Private Eye, which I have been collecting for years, still comes in paper form.

N V Brooks ● 1330d

The trouble is if you get too much email for work you are unlikely to read the email version so it is totally wasted.  If you get the updates they could easily add something about opting in and opting out.

Philippa Bond ● 1330d

It shouldn't be beyond the wit of Ealing to allow one to opt out of the paper copy saving waste and to opt in to a simple email version.

N V Brooks ● 1331d

Here is where you can ask for a copy:Quite a few of us don't seem to have received the last couple of magazines.  You can read it online or download it as a PDF (providing your computer will allow this) and you can also sign up for the regular updates.https://www.aroundealing.com/around-ealing/email:  printout@ealing.gov.uk

Philippa Bond ● 1331d

All so very, VERY true Mr Hayes.And your second sentence is particiularly accurate, residents are soon APPALLED when they, sooner or later, endure "The Ealing Experience":-"Most Ealing residents are pretty hazy about the council and its machinations until they need to deal with them. Then they find out how tricky they can be."

Rosco White ● 1337d

But why would you ask for one if you don’t know it’s been published? Most Ealing residents are pretty hazy about the council and its machinations until they need to deal with them. Then they find out how tricky they can be.But more to the point, other than Christmas waste collection information and the restored councillor contact details, there’s very little useful information in there. Just pages of puff about how wonderful the administration is. They don’t even bother properly informing residents about planning issues or consultations on major spending policies.

Simon Hayes ● 1337d

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Philippa Bond ● 1337d

I'm not sure that they are delivered to everyone.  I know that I have asked for one before in the past when we didn't get one.  This time during the pandemic we haven't received two - that's Autumn and Winter editions.  I can read them online but there is a limit to all the things in life that can be chased.

Philippa Bond ● 1337d

Bettina. Don't delay in contacting your Councillors.  They should also be able to help to get the West London Waste Authority to help with ways to reduce the waste so your flats' recycling and waste doesn't becomes more manageable.

Philippa Bond ● 1337d

‘Worthwhile and important?I know people who have never had a hard copy delivered to their house in Hanwell, so perhaps they aren’t important enough.You say make positive suggestions. Many have been made to councillors and directly to the editor, all ignored. They even took out the pages listing the councillors and their contact details at one point a year or two back. It was only reinstated as a result of some sustained pressure.Nobody has a problem with being given useful and accurate information but this publication has been used as a political propaganda sheet for years. We’ve asked for it to be neutral in tone and content. As you point out the council is made up of different political parties, the electorate likewise. And since this is funded from our tax, it shouldn’t simply advocate the policies of the current incumbents of the Town Hall. Balance is sadly lacking.What’s really shameful is the inability to properly inform residents of major policy proposals that directly impact everyone in Ealing. There have been numerous examples of this practice over the years. The response I got when querying this was ‘the information is available online’. Yes, but only for those with online access, who know what they are looking for and where to find it.

Simon Hayes ● 1338d

Be even nicer if they turned up when the magazine & online said they would. They came nowhere near our binshed yesterday ( normal day Thursday) although lorries were going up & down Kent Gardens & Templewood. No good reporting it online because the online doesn’t work as admitted by the council at the start. No good phoning- 3 times hanging on for 40 minutes without an answer doesn’t cut the mustard. If they don’t come this coming Saturday 15th we shall have to involve our councillors; with 16 flats the binshed will be full to bursting,

Bettina Margaret Thwaite ● 1338d

I've always considered this magazine a worthwhile and important way of  communicating with residents. A lot of people are not online or have limited internet connection.  I'm afraid never having heard it praised is selective memory.  It is now quarterly rather than more often.  Obviously you are going to hear what the Council is doing or what they sre not doing - that is the whole point.  A lot of that will be carrying out the law and Govt policy.  The Council is made up of Councillors from different parties.  It is another place to find info on your Councillors.  Maybe it would also be good if there was more info on the job of Councillors.  Why not make positive suggestions rather than just moan?My new neighbours could have done with the magazine this Christmas when they had more time to catch up on what was going on in their new borough.  Covid has rightly taken the banner space on the Council website for a long time now and News which is way down the page on Recycling and Waste could be more prominent at this time.

Philippa Bond ● 1338d

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Rosco White ● 1343d

I'd settle for him staying there!

peter king ● 1343d

You back from your drive to Richmond Park then?

Simon Hayes ● 1343d

(you don't have to clap you know...)

Paul Richard James ● 1343d

(peter can also be seen in another post moaning that council information is only available online...)

Paul Richard James ● 1343d

This time without the corrupted autocomplete.That's the first time that I have heard the Politburo propaganda sheet called out as 'very useful'..It normally serves as a medium for the dear leader and his central  committee to praise their achievements (cue fifteen minutes of sustained clapping).Advising people of changed bin days could be done via a simple single sheet leaflet delivered by...radical thought...the same people who collect the rubbish and recycling.

N V Brooks ● 1343d

That's a he first time that I have heard the Politburo propaganda sheet called as 'very useful'..It normally serves as a medium for the dear leader and his central coast committee to praise their achievements (cue fifteen minutes of sustained clapping).Advising people of changed but n days could be done via a simple single sheet leaflet delivered by...radical thought...the same people who collect the rubbish and recycling.

N V Brooks ● 1343d

Some of us have not received this very useful magazine recently and miss it - especially around Christmas and New Year when there is more time to read it and check for any changes in collections.  The Council does more than collect the waste and recycling although that is probably the only responsibility most will mention.  We have been very happy with the way in which they have maintained the collections throughout the pandemic despite the careless and lazy way in which some residents put out their unflattened boxes and overflowing bins.  We should be aiming to reduce our waste.The Council emails are good and the twitter feed but an awful lot of people are not online or only have very limited access.  The magazine can be read online and downloaded but you have to remember and have the tome to look for it.  Anyway it is nice to be able to read one article at a time without always looking at a screen and more convenient if it just drops through the letterbox.It is worth making the effort helping neighbours who are not online and is a good bit of community interaction.  It also helps to avoid streets full of bins out on the wrong days.  There's a feel good factor that some on here are missing out on.  Cost is not the be all and end all.  Value should also be a consideration.

Philippa Bond ● 1344d

If we all contribute towards this magazine, as we do to the tune of £100k a year, then it shouldn’t be a simple mouthpiece for the council. It’s not provided a proper news source for residents for years.

Simon Hayes ● 1352d

Peter King, it seems, out of his own good will and initiative, has to do what Labour run Ealing Council should be doing more effectively/comprehensively than what they are doing. That is informing the people of revised recycling and rubbish collections in the Christmas and New Year period. Why does Peter King have to do Ealing Council's duty and job to the people in his local area for them?

Anthony Hawran ● 1352d

It's obviously proving its value in informing residents by you handing out photo copies of its content .Not everyone is on line.

David Burke ● 1352d

Spot on that man! I read it because I have neighbours who expect the waste/recycling to be collected on the usual day despite council employees getting a well earned day or two off over Christmas,I photocopy the revised dates for them. It's a council mouthpiece that costs us c.£100,000 if I remember rightly. Another wasteful use of our council tax. Your turn

peter king ● 1352d

Do you mean, Peter, the magazine that gets delivered through your door? The one that you clearly read!

Ben Owen ● 1352d

The revised days were also listed in the propaganda magazine that this pants council sends round to all households

peter king ● 1352d