Posted by: Sydney Meriwether, Glasgow on 11:30am Tue 27 May 08
A Glasgow City Council spokesman said:
[quote]... The major reason is the large number of tenements in Glasgow.[/quote]
Doh! Tenements didn't just sprout overnight in Glasgow, did they? The fact is that Glasgow has been given millions of pounds to tackle its specific recycling shortcomings, but as usual it is money wasted by a decrepit city council administration, and the problems don't get better...
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[italic]Evening Times September 13th 2006[/italic]
DEAR GREEN PLACE?; Cash boost is set to save Glasgow from its poor rubbish dumping record and bring recycling to the tenements
BEGINS: A massive cash boost is about to haul Glasgow from the doldrums of Scotland's recycling league....
COUNCIL SPOKESMAN: "We have participated in the Scottish Executive's tenemental trial to assess different recycling collection systems.
"The trial has been received very positively by householders.
"It is hoped this trial will form the basis for securing further funding to extend the service to other tenemental properties across the city."[/quote]
[bold]Now we get the same old story, just two years and many millions of mis-spent taxpayers pounds later![/bold]
A Glasgow City Council spokesman said:
... The major reason is the large number of tenements in Glasgow.
Doh! Tenements didn't just sprout overnight in Glasgow, did they? The fact is that Glasgow has been given millions of pounds to tackle its specific recycling shortcomings, but as usual it is money wasted by a decrepit city council administration, and the problems don't get better...
Evening Times September 13th 2006
DEAR GREEN PLACE?; Cash boost is set to save Glasgow from its poor rubbish dumping record and bring recycling to the tenements
BEGINS: A massive cash boost is about to haul Glasgow from the doldrums of Scotland's recycling league....
COUNCIL SPOKESMAN: "We have participated in the Scottish Executive's tenemental trial to assess different recycling collection systems.
"The trial has been received very positively by householders.
"It is hoped this trial will form the basis for securing further funding to extend the service to other tenemental properties across the city."
Now we get the same old story, just two years and many millions of mis-spent taxpayers pounds later! Posted by: yerauldda, West End Exile on 12:39pm Tue 27 May 08
this at the same time north lanarkshire council has changed picking up your bins once a FORTNIGHT
rubbish bin one week, blue bin next week
oh rats!
this at the same time north lanarkshire council has changed picking up your bins once a FORTNIGHT
rubbish bin one week, blue bin next week
oh rats!
Posted by: Anabelle, glasgow on 1:04pm Tue 27 May 08
It's all lip service from the council, there's no desire to improve their dire green credentials.
We've tried for well over a year to get recycling faacilities at our building to be told: "You're not in the right area for recycling", through to "we can't just give you recycling bins, it has to be looked at as part of the wider strategy into new-build properties". Residents WANTING to recycle, and thus increase the poor statistics for Glasgow are palmed off with excuses of bureaucracy - its disgraceful.
It's all lip service from the council, there's no desire to improve their dire green credentials.
We've tried for well over a year to get recycling faacilities at our building to be told: "You're not in the right area for recycling", through to "we can't just give you recycling bins, it has to be looked at as part of the wider strategy into new-build properties". Residents WANTING to recycle, and thus increase the poor statistics for Glasgow are palmed off with excuses of bureaucracy - its disgraceful.
Posted by: Tarry breeks, Partick on 1:37pm Tue 27 May 08
There are plenty of people in my block who don't recycle, I don't think blame can be centred on the council given the apathy of many Glaswegians. The only solution is to charge taxpayers for landfill waste disposal with free kerbside recycling [bold]INCLUDING GLASS[/bold] and a small 'free' landfill allowance.
There are plenty of people in my block who don't recycle, I don't think blame can be centred on the council given the apathy of many Glaswegians. The only solution is to charge taxpayers for landfill waste disposal with free kerbside recycling
INCLUDING GLASS and a small 'free' landfill allowance.
Posted by: TSM, Glasgow on 1:58pm Tue 27 May 08
Glasgow is also one of the few councils that allows businesses to dump their rubbish on the street or near a bin, then collects it and calls it "household".
Watch for piles of cardboard all over the city that could, and should be recycled.
The daft thing is, many recycling companies will actually collect cardboard and plastic free of charge from commercial premises.
Glasgow is also one of the few councils that allows businesses to dump their rubbish on the street or near a bin, then collects it and calls it "household".
Watch for piles of cardboard all over the city that could, and should be recycled.
The daft thing is, many recycling companies will actually collect cardboard and plastic free of charge from commercial premises.
Posted by: Will, Glasgow on 2:14pm Tue 27 May 08
I asked for a blue and brown bin and was told if I wasnt on a current route then I woulnt get one.
WE RELLY WANT ANSWERS, SCOTLANDS SHAME.
I asked for a blue and brown bin and was told if I wasnt on a current route then I woulnt get one.
WE RELLY WANT ANSWERS, SCOTLANDS SHAME.
Posted by: Judas, Glasgow on 2:53pm Tue 27 May 08
Two month old story?
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Posted by: phylm01, Glasgow on 3:03pm Tue 27 May 08
I am an 89 year old and regularly separate all my rubbish for Glasgow City Council but yesterday being a Bank holiday only one truck arrived and all the bins i.e. black, blue etc were put into one truck and I asked how can they do that and they said it is okay to put it all together, surely not, why are we going to all the trouble to separate!!!!
I am an 89 year old and regularly separate all my rubbish for Glasgow City Council but yesterday being a Bank holiday only one truck arrived and all the bins i.e. black, blue etc were put into one truck and I asked how can they do that and they said it is okay to put it all together, surely not, why are we going to all the trouble to separate!!!!
Posted by: carol mallon, glasgow on 3:08pm Tue 27 May 08
So Glasgow is bottom in Scotland for recycling. We have a blue bin for recycling but it only gets emptied once a month even though ours can be filled after 2 weeks, so the rest has to go in the normal bin. We need collections at least fortnightly.
So Glasgow is bottom in Scotland for recycling. We have a blue bin for recycling but it only gets emptied once a month even though ours can be filled after 2 weeks, so the rest has to go in the normal bin. We need collections at least fortnightly.
Posted by: Pete, Glasgow on 3:26pm Tue 27 May 08
I think it's important to recycle as much as possible so make make a special effort to fill the blue bin with as many empty beer cans as I can.
Everyone wins, and it's good to know you're doing your bit.
I think it's important to recycle as much as possible so make make a special effort to fill the blue bin with as many empty beer cans as I can.
Everyone wins, and it's good to know you're doing your bit.
Posted by: mulross, Glasgow on 3:42pm Tue 27 May 08
Well, we have had the blue bins for a while now at our flats and it has made very little difference to the amount of rubbish being put in the ordinary bins. The reason?? A number of residents are too lazy to separate their rubbish. So, it's not [bold]entirely[/bold] the fault of GCC - yes, they could do many things a great deal better, but the total apathy / selfishness of so many of our citizens is a tough nut to crack.
Well, we have had the blue bins for a while now at our flats and it has made very little difference to the amount of rubbish being put in the ordinary bins. The reason?? A number of residents are too lazy to separate their rubbish. So, it's not
entirely the fault of GCC - yes, they could do many things a great deal better, but the total apathy / selfishness of so many of our citizens is a tough nut to crack.
Posted by: Jaym, Glasgow on 3:57pm Tue 27 May 08
I do my bit. I don't buy the ET so I don't have to throw it away and as a result the land fill sites don't get filled up.
I do my bit. I don't buy the ET so I don't have to throw it away and as a result the land fill sites don't get filled up.
Posted by: Le Roi Des Voleurs, East Kilbride on 4:42pm Tue 27 May 08
I seem to remember the previous director of environmental services went on a trip to OZ to a recycling conference to see how to improve Glasgows performance...all paid for by the good council tax payers of Glasgow....good to see the trip was worthwhile
I seem to remember the previous director of environmental services went on a trip to OZ to a recycling conference to see how to improve Glasgows performance...all paid for by the good council tax payers of Glasgow....good to see the trip was worthwhile
Posted by: renniemac, cumbernauld on 5:54pm Tue 27 May 08
typical of Glasgow City fathers too busy making their workers lives a misery, to get their act together. by the way the binmen boycotted overtime. they were not on strike over the Holidays. the council Leaders should start to do the job they are paid to do. why dont they ask other councils how they do it. as it looks like boothe, purcel and co, dont know what they are doing. too busy patting each other on the back over the commonwealth games bid. com'on do your job.
typical of Glasgow City fathers too busy making their workers lives a misery, to get their act together. by the way the binmen boycotted overtime. they were not on strike over the Holidays. the council Leaders should start to do the job they are paid to do. why dont they ask other councils how they do it. as it looks like boothe, purcel and co, dont know what they are doing. too busy patting each other on the back over the commonwealth games bid. com'on do your job.
Posted by: expat john, Canada on 6:10pm Tue 27 May 08
Posted by: mulross, Glasgow on 3:42pm today "...So, it's not entirely the fault of GCC - yes, they could do many things a great deal better, but the total apathy / selfishness of so many of our citizens is a tough nut to crack"
Goos post Mulross. I'm afraid you only have to look at some of the posts in the ET to confirm this. I was born & raised in Glasgow & unfortunately I found most people seen the glass as half empty most of the time. The phrase 'the Council/Government should do it' was always paramount. Well, when it comes to recycling it's everyones responsibility. Over here when I tell my 2 year old to put something in the garbage, she asks which one it goes in (garbage or recycling), so at her early age she already knows there is a difference. The way I see it you have 3 choices in Glasgow. Do it yourself to help the enviroment & keep the GCC costs down. Let GCC do it but put up with increased costs & services so they can EMPLOY someone to do it for you....or knock down all the tenements as apparently it's all their fault!!! ;-) Can you recycle tenements?????
Posted by: mulross, Glasgow on 3:42pm today "...So, it's not entirely the fault of GCC - yes, they could do many things a great deal better, but the total apathy / selfishness of so many of our citizens is a tough nut to crack"
Goos post Mulross. I'm afraid you only have to look at some of the posts in the ET to confirm this. I was born & raised in Glasgow & unfortunately I found most people seen the glass as half empty most of the time. The phrase 'the Council/Government should do it' was always paramount. Well, when it comes to recycling it's everyones responsibility. Over here when I tell my 2 year old to put something in the garbage, she asks which one it goes in (garbage or recycling), so at her early age she already knows there is a difference. The way I see it you have 3 choices in Glasgow. Do it yourself to help the enviroment & keep the GCC costs down. Let GCC do it but put up with increased costs & services so they can EMPLOY someone to do it for you....or knock down all the tenements as apparently it's all their fault!!! ;-) Can you recycle tenements?????
Posted by: jacksonja, home on 7:07pm Tue 27 May 08
i live in the riddrie area of glasgow,we have had recycling bins for a number of years now and it has worked well, that is up until yesterday monday 26th may when the refuse collectors decided to put all the domestic waste and the recycling waste all in the one truck,what a waste,get your act together cleansing department....whats the point?
i live in the riddrie area of glasgow,we have had recycling bins for a number of years now and it has worked well, that is up until yesterday monday 26th may when the refuse collectors decided to put all the domestic waste and the recycling waste all in the one truck,what a waste,get your act together cleansing department....whats the point?
Posted by: Me, Glasgow on 7:29pm Tue 27 May 08
Our bins are still sitting on the pavement waiting to be emptied, should have been garden waste yesterday and household today. no wonder nothing gets recycled if it doesn't get uplifted.
Our bins are still sitting on the pavement waiting to be emptied, should have been garden waste yesterday and household today. no wonder nothing gets recycled if it doesn't get uplifted.
Posted by: P4J, Glasgow on 8:31pm Tue 27 May 08
I live in Glasgow, do not live up a tenement and have no blue, brown or purple bin. So how come the existence of tenements explains the city being rubbish at recycling? I was on holiday in France recently and had details of which of the 3 bins my rubbish had to go in, they were collected weekly, and it was easy. If the council had the will to make it happen they could make it happen.
I live in Glasgow, do not live up a tenement and have no blue, brown or purple bin. So how come the existence of tenements explains the city being rubbish at recycling? I was on holiday in France recently and had details of which of the 3 bins my rubbish had to go in, they were collected weekly, and it was easy. If the council had the will to make it happen they could make it happen.
Posted by: Lowflo, Glasgow on 9:10pm Tue 27 May 08
"recycling to tenements by means of blue sacks being issued to householders and large blue recycling bins being placed in communal back courts" Who is this eejit? I don't have any bins, since the council stole mine , nor do I have any sacks, blue black or otherwise, so for 25+ years I have recycled and/or re-used waste. But now there are these blue bits of plastic added to the green bits of plastic littered around by the council and lazy neighbours and still more rubbish left around by all and sundry. Put a bin somewhere and someone will add their rubbish to the patch of ground around it, and who is it who keeps adding glass to the plastic recycling bin, whoever it is they don't want to be identified because they do it in the dead of night, just as you nod off to sleep. Smash!smash!smash! and let's rattle the bin a bit more! I think I know where I'll recycle them when I catch them!
"recycling to tenements by means of blue sacks being issued to householders and large blue recycling bins being placed in communal back courts" Who is this eejit? I don't have any bins, since the council stole mine , nor do I have any sacks, blue black or otherwise, so for 25+ years I have recycled and/or re-used waste. But now there are these blue bits of plastic added to the green bits of plastic littered around by the council and lazy neighbours and still more rubbish left around by all and sundry. Put a bin somewhere and someone will add their rubbish to the patch of ground around it, and who is it who keeps adding glass to the plastic recycling bin, whoever it is they don't want to be identified because they do it in the dead of night, just as you nod off to sleep. Smash!smash!smash! and let's rattle the bin a bit more! I think I know where I'll recycle them when I catch them!
Posted by: BM, Glasgow on 9:28pm Tue 27 May 08
[quote][bold]yerauldda[/bold] wrote:
this at the same time north lanarkshire council has changed picking up your bins once a FORTNIGHT
rubbish bin one week, blue bin next week
oh rats![/quote] That would be the same North Lanarkshire Council who made a good start with recycling but then decided that only paper (but excluding envelopes) was recyclable. They started well with bottles, tins, etc. then decided that recycling these items was not worthwhile.
However, at least they're not as bad as the English council who impose huge fines on householders who put rubbish into the wrong bin, but then mix and landfill it all!
yerauldda wrote:
this at the same time north lanarkshire council has changed picking up your bins once a FORTNIGHT
rubbish bin one week, blue bin next week
oh rats!
That would be the same North Lanarkshire Council who made a good start with recycling but then decided that only paper (but excluding envelopes) was recyclable. They started well with bottles, tins, etc. then decided that recycling these items was not worthwhile.
However, at least they're not as bad as the English council who impose huge fines on householders who put rubbish into the wrong bin, but then mix and landfill it all!
Posted by: c-gull, the west coast on 10:24pm Tue 27 May 08
The more rubbish recycled means less food for me
The more rubbish recycled means less food for me
Posted by: trench, possilpark on 12:37am Wed 28 May 08
i remember when i was young it was explained to me " you always know who the wealthy people are by their rubbish....they have more than everyone else," it could be they have more 'candlelight dinners and wine bottles'....that lets me out!
i remember when i was young it was explained to me " you always know who the wealthy people are by their rubbish....they have more than everyone else," it could be they have more 'candlelight dinners and wine bottles'....that lets me out!
Posted by: wee malky on 7:04am Wed 28 May 08
who gives a toss anyway, don't recycle never will - by the time things go tits up on the planet, I'll be long gone anyway.
who gives a toss anyway, don't recycle never will - by the time things go tits up on the planet, I'll be long gone anyway.
Posted by: buccleuch, Glasgow on 10:37am Wed 28 May 08
It just seems incredible that organising bins is beyond the capabilities of this council. And when bins are supplied they are often in the most inappropriate place like bang in front of the entrance of hillhead underground station. filthy, overspilling and in your face.
The sooner, the labour cooncilors are thrown out of glasgow the better
It just seems incredible that organising bins is beyond the capabilities of this council. And when bins are supplied they are often in the most inappropriate place like bang in front of the entrance of hillhead underground station. filthy, overspilling and in your face.
The sooner, the labour cooncilors are thrown out of glasgow the better
Posted by: buccleuch, Glasgow on 10:38am Wed 28 May 08
It just seems incredible that organising bins is beyond the capabilities of this council. And when bins are supplied they are often in the most inappropriate place like bang in front of the entrance of hillhead underground station. filthy, overspilling and in your face.
The sooner, the labour cooncilors are thrown out of glasgow the better
It just seems incredible that organising bins is beyond the capabilities of this council. And when bins are supplied they are often in the most inappropriate place like bang in front of the entrance of hillhead underground station. filthy, overspilling and in your face.
The sooner, the labour cooncilors are thrown out of glasgow the better
Posted by: buccleuch, Glasgow on 10:40am Wed 28 May 08
It just seems incredible that organising bins is beyond the capabilities of this council. And when bins are supplied they are often in the most inappropriate place like bang in front of the entrance of hillhead underground station. filthy, overspilling and in your face.
The sooner, the labour cooncilors are thrown out of glasgow the better
It just seems incredible that organising bins is beyond the capabilities of this council. And when bins are supplied they are often in the most inappropriate place like bang in front of the entrance of hillhead underground station. filthy, overspilling and in your face.
The sooner, the labour cooncilors are thrown out of glasgow the better
Posted by: Hobbes, Glasgow on 3:33pm Wed 28 May 08
As you can't recycle cartons, margarine tubs, yoghurt pots, cardboard packaging or glass in your Glasgow blue bin, it is little wonder that Glasgow is bottom of the league.
All I can put in my blue bin is my plastic milk bottle and the odd newspaper.
As you can't recycle cartons, margarine tubs, yoghurt pots, cardboard packaging or glass in your Glasgow blue bin, it is little wonder that Glasgow is bottom of the league.
All I can put in my blue bin is my plastic milk bottle and the odd newspaper.
Posted by: Alex Mack, Glasgow on 3:49pm Wed 28 May 08
As i said on an earlier post if ow would read the lid of their Blue Bin it would tell you what you can and cannot recycle,the problem is Glasgow only wants its public to recycle items it can sell on and make money from it.
As i said on an earlier post if ow would read the lid of their Blue Bin it would tell you what you can and cannot recycle,the problem is Glasgow only wants its public to recycle items it can sell on and make money from it.
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