Thank you to everyone who has contacted me and joined our Campaign. I am sorry our new Forum is not able to be accessed at the moment. We are trying to rectify the problem. If you have any message to post please use this archived forum which I will visit regularly.
Recent news: a Cambridge MP has a link to weeklywaste.com on her website!
Residents from more boroughs are joining our Campaign and we hope eventually to exceed the 271,000 on-line petitioners that Jamie Oliver managed to achieve for his school meals campaign!! It may take a while but we are determined.
Often local authorities are advising their residents that alternate week waste collections are government policy. Whilst target recycling rates are decided by the government it is solely the decision of your local council whether they collect general household waste once a week or once a fortnight. The government has now capped all local authority recycling rates to 30%.
Southampton City Council has decided to collect garden waste free of charge from June of this year. This had been a chargeable service.