Kayakas!

This one has caused a bit of a stir recently in the press and media. I did receive a voicemail from one gentleman asking my view on this - but he didn’t leave a name or number so I’ll post my thoughts on here.

I don’t believe we are currently in a position in Walsall to move to fortnightly collections - it wouldn’t work. As my election adress states I want to see the extension of the recycling scheme to plastics and cardboard and then people fully engaging with recycling. That will reduce the amount put into wheelie bins. Until that happens its just not practical - many families would fill their bins within a few days. I know the government sets a lot of targets to force councils to do things, but we have to decide what works best for people in Aldridge and in Walsall Wood. As it stands I can’t see a problem with keeping a weekly collection and increasing the recycling scheme.

And perhaps government could do us all a favour and start getting the supermarkets and manufacturers to cut down on some of the packaging they use. That is main cause of the problems. Just think of the packaging we throw away every week. We need to deal with the cause as well as the symptom.

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