Weekly bin collections will cost Stoke-on-Trent £11m

“In tunstall we have weekly collections because three different bins cannot be collected on the same week. We do not have weekly collections for all the rubbish
, However, the major problem is the siting of bins in terraced housing. In our street the bins are on show in the front of house yards where rubbish is blown out of them. This rubbish is blown around the street until it reaches a zero wind zone outside our house. Our local councellor does not seem to appreciate this and continues to suggest along with the RA dictator chairman that the litter is due to the residents. The best option would be to return to three coloured plastic bags for each house which would not need very expensive wagons for collection plus they are a very chep option, are non invasive and would be hidden from view.”

“If Andy asks nicely I would love to deposit my bin and rubbish at the Civic Centre, I note at least once a week they hold a meeting there for Councillors, but that rubbish gets up at the end of the meeting and goes home, if we all took our rubbish around to where your local Councillor lives and deposited it there perhaps they may start listening to the public of this City. I admire the French public for their attitude to politics and in particular their Politicians, and issues that affect them, straight out down the Town Hall and not movinbg until they WIN the point, I`d say guillotine Pickles for a start, but how would you do that the guys that big he has his own" KEEP LEFT" signs fitted, he`s never seen south of the Thames, he exceeds the weight limits for the bridges. etc.etc.

As for Stoke will the last one out turn off the lights, please..........................”

“Waste is a multi billion £ business and if councils took waste collections off the private waste firms, the running of councils could be payed for by this alone. Wake up people these firms that come around dont do it from the goodness of their heart they are in it to make a tidy profit, profit that should be going back into the community whose rubbish it is.”

“pickles on about the hard working residents who deserve a weekly bin collection, aren't many of those about sot,,, working residents,not bins. stoke south was the most deprived low pay area in england with stoke central and north along with hartlepool made up the botton 4,that was several years ago and not much has changed since then apart from more factories going to the wall.”

“Why not go back to paper bags and glass bottles like they used to have in the old days?

Not only would this be environment friendly and reduce waste you could take your bottles and bags back to the local shop for recycling and perhaps get 10p for each one returned or a percentage off your next purchase?

It would also most likely reduced litter too in the city. Paper decomposes naturally and if the glass bottles were returned for cash people would think twice about chucking them on the floor.”

“Phew! Newcastle_Ram manages alright with fortnightly collections. I'll send an email to the council and tell them to cancel the change for everyone.”

“A great idea (and Stoke are only doing it because someone else is offering them money to, I note); the ranks of bins outside our homes are unsightly, take up a lot of space and in summer they get very stinky over the two weeks - I can hardly breathe walking down our street on brown bin days when it's hot!”

“If you separate your waste correctly, you do not need weekly collections. I manage perfectly on fortnightly collections.”

“forgot to add, that we wouuld only need the rubbish collected every 2 weeks”

“Can someone please explain then why Tunstall are still getting weekly bin collections?”