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Recycling uncollected AGAIN

Around here (around St Mary's / South Ealing) once again the black sacks have been collected on the correct day (Tuesday) during the morning, but NONE of the recycling has been. A fortnight ago the recycling was collected just before dusk and last week it was done during lunchtime by operatives who really were not happy at doing it. This week we seem to be back to what now passes for normal - no recycling collection - and the foxes will have a fine time tonight redistributing everything all over the pavements and gardens.I really believe that the Council has truly fouled up the contract with Enterprise and that in reality they are only supposed to collect the black sacks - witness the lack of proper recycling vehicles and everything being dumped in standard rear platform compacting lorries as previously reported. Indeed on the first week of the new regime operatives collecting black sacks were heard to mutter along the lines of "what are we supposed to do with all this stuff?".This appalling mess has been going on for nearly a month now and it is time questions were asked in high places and for those responsible to be called upon to resign. I have no confidence in the Council's repeated assurances that these are merely teething troubles, nor in the assertions that recycling is not going to landfill. In my view it is time for the "opposition" to call a vote of "No Confidence" in the ruling group and to re-instate the previous contractors - at least then we might return to having a clean and pleasant borough.

Russell Maiden ● 5100d8 Comments

Sorry but not surprised to hear all that. As it happens in my street in South Ealing last two weeks all black sacks and non-food recycling (at least) has been collected ok - so sounds as if we're luckier here than many others. Don't know about the waste food because as I said on separate thread I'm not now prepared to risk it not being collected and thence festering here for an extra week or more so it's all going in the black sack.

Chris Veasey ● 5099d

Food waste still not collected (should have been collected on Monday).Actually I'm a Man U supported who was born in Manchester. I'm no fan of Chelsea but overcoming Barcelona was pretty amazing.

Eric Alan Leach ● 5099d

All recycling done in Central Hanwell (ha ha!) today on our usual day(Wed). Perhaps, Eric, your rubbish wasn't collected because of your desire to start supporting a rubbish football team to beat Barcelona.Oh, what a miserable day!

Ben Owen ● 5099d

With the exception of kitchen waste, I've put all of my recyclable waste into untied black bags.  If I catch the collection team (as I did last week, where everything got chucked together into the back of one lorry) I will point out it's recyclable stuff.  Of course, the council story that "everything will be sorted in Kent" is neither convincing or, if it's true, is hardly an expedient way to carry out 'recycling' (transport costs and fuel consumption).The ultimate upshot of this shocking fiasco is the council have(a) introduced an extra 'optional' council tax for garden waste collection (if/when it happens) - a wonderful deterrent to recycling;(b) instigated a fiasco where nothing seems to be recycled anyway!Can't wait for next year's (inevitable) council tax increases.  Vote for 'Dumb and Dumber' . . . vote Labour!

Andy Horridge ● 5100d

I can't see the point in even bothering to recycle at the moment.  At least putting it all in black bin bags means it gets collected at some point on the designated day. And I've yet to see any proof that the recycled waste that does get collected is actually sorted and doesn't just go straight to landfill.

Gail Clark ● 5100d

And still no Monday (or Tuesday) collection of all our food waste in Manton Avenue (south side) in Hanwell.The temporary expedient of not collecting food to be recycled as scheduled is not acceptable.

Eric Alan Leach ● 5100d

Russell,As you say this is the fourth week of failure.  It seems the temporary expedient of mixing up and crushing residents' carefully sorted re-cycling and sending it to Kent to be separated again is going to be with us for some time.  The opposition Conservative group on the council is livid about the new contractor and the way that the current Labour administration has allowed them to fail so badly.  I can't tell you how hard we worked to get the borough cleaned up.  This was one of our three priorities and much time and energy on the part of the group leader in particular was expended to ensure that things changed.  By 2004 Ealing was the dirtiest borough in London with 49% of streets significantly dirty.  Not only that but Ealing paid amongst the most for its terrible service, see here.  By the time we left office in 2010 it was widely agreed that the cleanliness of the borough had been transformed and re-cycling rates had hit 40%.  We have called an extraordinary meeting of the council at 7pm on Tuesday May 8th.  See you there I hope.

Phil Taylor ● 5100d

All that good work (street cleaning and refuse collection/recycling) that was established by the previous local administration is now straight down the pan.Vote Labour! LOL

Andy Horridge ● 5100d