Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Rubbish collection: stories wanted
While out leafletting this afternoon to let people know about the consultation on changes to our rail services, I was reflecting on how beautiful many of the front gardens in the Ladder are, and on how, by contrast, some of the groupings of bins were not exactly enhancing the effect, especially on a warm day, when suddenly a young mother to whom I had just given a leaflet walked passed me, vaulted up onto her garden wall and hovered precariously above an overflowing bin.
When I asked if I could help, she muttered about the fortnightly collections and then proceeded to gain what passed for balance as she trod on some of the bin bags so that she could close the top of the bin.
I was in no doubt that this lady knew all about recycling. Every bin was being used for its proper purpose. The trouble was that because she had small children, she simply did not have bin space to hold two weeks' worth of refuse.
If therefore you wish to keep in your mind's eye an image to show just how terrible an idea it was to abandon weekly collection, you could do worse than to imagine this scene of a young mother, balletically poised between a garden wall, unpturned boxspring and rubbish bin, tap-dancing on bin bags.
David Schmitz
Liberal Democrat Councillor for Harringay Ward
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Permalink Reply by MrsWhams on
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No no no no.
I have a child who is still in nappies and we still fill barely half our black bin in two weeks. Having a family is no excuse whatsoever to have overflowing rubbish bins. They are clearly throwing out things that should be recycled, or (benefit of the doubt) may have had building work or some such done that might have led to more rubbish than usual.
I agree the bins are ugly, I agree they can smell a bit in hot weather, but I do not accept the premise that 'she simply did not have the bin space to hold two weeks' worth of refuse.'
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Permalink Reply by ant on
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Respectfully, IMHO thats totally not the point and is just getting caught up by the FUD promoted by the ones who did this. As you say - the bins are ugly and they smell - its a blight on what could be a really attractive neighborhood, and for little gain as i don't believe two weekly collections are really bringing anything like the benefits that its supporters are suggesting.
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Permalink Reply by JJ B on
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IT wsa brought in to cut costs = short teerm gain with long term blight. A council with no real overall strategic vision/leadership.
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Yes but if you miss a collection once that makes it a four weekly collection!
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