An emergency £90,000 waste disposal contract has been signed by Sutton Council after its new scheme to charge £35 per bag of garden waste proved unpopular.
The council's executive approved a motion on Tuesday to pay a waste disposal company £5,000 a weekend to clear garden waste from Beddington Lane waste disposal unit during the summer months.
Sutton Council's executive member for the environment Councillor Colin Hall, who last week told the Sutton Guardian he was confident the new scheme was the right scheme, this week announced the measure which he denied was last minute.
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"The council has now successfully concluded negotiations with the waste management company. Residents will be able to drop off their green garden waste at the Beddington Lane site during weekends and bank holidays from 28 May," he said.
The £35 charge per bag is part of the council's waste strategy but the free composters and glass collection offered instead has failed to cushion the blow on many Sutton residents.
The agreed figure of £90,000 for the new contract does not include the price the council will have to pay for processing of the waste, although the council refused to reveal what this would be.
The move has been criticised by the Conservatives who said it would encourage residents to take extra trips in the car.
"The pitter patter of carbon footprints will be deafening as thousands of cars drive to the dump with garden waste instead of a single council truck. We know that the Kimpton site has already reached capacity," said opposition environment councillor John Kennedy.
"Minimising waste is a key cross party strategy and is supported by most people in the borough, but the Lib Dem council runs the risk of jeopardising the whole scheme with the unpopular £35 charge which they have not justified or explained," he added.
[quote]"The pitter patter of carbon footprints will be deafening as thousands of cars drive to the dump with garden waste instead of a single council truck. We know that the Kimpton site has already reached capacity," said opposition environment councillor John Kennedy.[/quote]
Quite righ. Why dont the Council admit they have screwed up and reinstate the bag collection service?
"The pitter patter of carbon footprints will be deafening as thousands of cars drive to the dump with garden waste instead of a single council truck. We know that the Kimpton site has already reached capacity," said opposition environment councillor John Kennedy.
Quite righ. Why dont the Council admit they have screwed up and reinstate the bag collection service?
Posted by: Jenny Sparrow, worcester park on 9:59pm Thu 8 May 08
this is an outragious story, how can the council expect the Elderly, a disabled person or anyone who doesn't drive to take their garden waste over to Beddington from this part of the borough, as a volunteer with Age Concern I am outraged with thecouncil for even contemplating this scheme. the cost of this grosse error is a fiasco, heads should roll.
this is an outragious story, how can the council expect the Elderly, a disabled person or anyone who doesn't drive to take their garden waste over to Beddington from this part of the borough, as a volunteer with Age Concern I am outraged with thecouncil for even contemplating this scheme. the cost of this grosse error is a fiasco, heads should roll.
Posted by: Alastair Davis, Purley on 11:17pm Thu 8 May 08
I had assumed that the Beddington site was in addition to the normal recycling site and for the benefit of residents in this part of the borough.
What seems to be total folly by Counciller Hall is that on the one hand he says waste that is capable of composting has never been sent to landfill and is used for landscaping.
It is clear therefore that they can and did recycle a certain amount of garden waste and that what has now been dreamed up is plain and simple, a tax rise through the back door to make the so called annual 4% rise seem acceptable.
I hope the voters will not forget, this is the lowest of the low and attempts to explain it for glass collection when our test was halted due to lack of glass collected says it all. People use the recycling facilities that are all over the borough!
I had assumed that the Beddington site was in addition to the normal recycling site and for the benefit of residents in this part of the borough.
What seems to be total folly by Counciller Hall is that on the one hand he says waste that is capable of composting has never been sent to landfill and is used for landscaping.
It is clear therefore that they can and did recycle a certain amount of garden waste and that what has now been dreamed up is plain and simple, a tax rise through the back door to make the so called annual 4% rise seem acceptable.
I hope the voters will not forget, this is the lowest of the low and attempts to explain it for glass collection when our test was halted due to lack of glass collected says it all. People use the recycling facilities that are all over the borough!
After the 2006 local elections Sean Brennan said;
[quote]we want the borough to be cleaner, greener and safer, and it is our clear aim to continue to work hard to improve the quality of services, and to provide even better value for money[/quote]
Yeah great value for money, Sean! This garden waste fiasco makes you wonder if the Liberal Democrats want to lose their overall majority at the next elections. Unfortunately this will mean a return to power for the Tories who I despise with a vengeance.
After the 2006 local elections Sean Brennan said;
we want the borough to be cleaner, greener and safer, and it is our clear aim to continue to work hard to improve the quality of services, and to provide even better value for money
Yeah great value for money, Sean! This garden waste fiasco makes you wonder if the Liberal Democrats want to lose their overall majority at the next elections. Unfortunately this will mean a return to power for the Tories who I despise with a vengeance.
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