Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Angry at changes to waste service

I got my leaflet today stating that from October you have to pay £75 a year for garden waste collection. Further bulk collections will cost £25 for 4 items then £10 per item. If the dustman break your wheelie bin or you don't have one you have to pay £30.

I rang Haringey who transferred me to veola. Veola say it's Haringey council who decided they need to save 20 million for social care.

I am disgusted. I have lived in this borough for 53 years and all this is going to do is make people dump rubbish in the streets in a borough that has the worst fly tipping in England.

As far as saving money for social care, already the council tax bill went up to cover this. Haringey council should stop wasting money on other things.

I for one will not pay £75 and I suggest Haringey think again..

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Permalink Reply by pamish on July 14, 2017 at 23:48

Well our two flat house with (currently) five people in, manages with two bins, one of each. They kept trying to deliver more bins and I kept having to get them taken back. Our black rubbish bin is seldom more than half full per fortnight. I guess we just care a bit more, enough to manage our own waste sorting. It couldn't be much easier, other places make you sort glass, plastic etc.

(Insert moan about neighbours who pile up multiple bins with mixed rubbish every day and most likely are the mattress dumpers too.)

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Permalink Reply by John D on July 14, 2017 at 16:50

Can we organise a meeting with all three Harringay councillors ? Zena is contributing to the discussion ( thanks ) but nothing heard from the other two.

Remember, the councillors are supposed to represent us and support us in our dealings with the Council: they are not there to represent and support the Council to us.

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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on July 14, 2017 at 17:22

Good idea. It might work in Harringay, as two of the three don't seem to be treading water, but sadly I feel the only person a councillor represents us themselves.

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Permalink Reply by Zena Brabazon on July 14, 2017 at 21:06

I'm happy with a meeting. When do you want to meet up? Once we have a date, then we can find a venue.

Zena

Zena Brabazon

Cllr, Harringay ward

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Permalink Reply by John D on July 14, 2017 at 22:57

I'll mail Gina and Emina and see what they say.

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Permalink Reply by John D on July 15, 2017 at 7:52

To get an idea of numbers for a venue, could residents who would be interested in attending a meeting with our councillors to discuss problems with Dumping, Veolia performance and the effect of the introduction of charges for garden waste and bulky objects please say so here ?