We also pay council tax for an efficient and timely service. We expect our local authorities to put public health at the top of their priority list not as a poor second to recycling rates, however important they are.
Waste minimisation has to be an aim but how can this be reconciled with reducing general waste collections by a half and expecting householders to make additional trips to the civic amenity sites to dispose of any excess? Will the waste disposed of in this manner be added to the LA total wastes arising or to the County Council's Waste disposal figures? I am interested to know how these figures are calculated.
Facilities for kerbside recycling differ across the UK - some councils operating alternate week collections make provision for kitchen waste to be collected on a weekly basis. This still does not solve the "nappy" problem or the other non-infectious clinical waste items that fester in the bins over a two week period.