All posts in the topic Refuse Collecction (Short link)
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- There are 10 posts — by 7 authors — in this topic.
- Latest post made by Dee Sinclair at Sep 15 14:00 UTC
I am so glad to know that Oxford City Council will remove garden refuse from
detached bungalows in Trinity Road - whatever container it is placed in. I now
feel that I no longer have to make car journeys to the refuse tip to dispose of
garden refuse from Trinity Road. Thank you for clarifying this. I would like
to know if other members of Headington and Marston Neighourhood Forum have
received such specialist treatment. I live in a terraced house in Trinity Road
and have found that the City Council is very rigorous in enforcing its policy
of refuse/recyling/compost collection.
Marie Vickers
On Sun, 31/8/08, nicholas fell <nick.fell@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> From: nicholas fell <nick.fell@btopenworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [HMNF] headington/obstructions
> To: "Headington & Marston Neighbourhood Forum"
<oxford-hm@forums.e-democracy.org>
I don't think it's got anything to do with the sort of house or flat you live
in - more a question of being friendly to the team when they come around to
collect.
As I have no car, I can't drive my garden refuse to the dump. But if Marie has
more compostable stuff than she can fit in her green bag, maybe she could just
pass it to me, over the road, and provided it has no wood or thorns in it I
will sling it on my dump.
It is now more than two weeks since I noticed an ugly skip full of rubbish left
in a prominent position in the sports field opposite the Quarry allotments. It
is full of things such as old beds, fridges, and wheelbarrows, and is an
absolute eyesore.
Considering the fuss that some people made about a few bags of garden cuttings
on a pavement outside my house, I am surprised that nobody has noticed this
skip and objected to it.
The alleys between here and central Headington are always strewn with glass
bottles (broken or otherwise), drink cans, plastic bags and takeaway food
containers - sometimes also the contents of half-eaten meals.
Come, come Julia, you're doing it again; your case, which is often valid, is
weakened by your hyperbole.
I use the paths to which you refer on a regular basis. Whilst most people would
deprecate the sort of mess to which you refer, it is simply untrue to say that
"the alleys between here and central Headington are always strewn...".
Sometimes, yes; always, no.
This is not a discussion about me (and yes, I know all about hyperbole, along
with litotes, metonymy, occupatio etc etc)
The fact is that there is a dirty great skip full of rubbish in a public place
and that is what is supposed to be the point.
I am not quite sure of what the post on 14th September was trying to achieve.
Is the point objecting about the skip, in which case, has the person who raised
the subject made any attempt to contact the landowner and find out how long the
skip is going to remain there (aren't skips hired by the day?), or is the point
of the post to deflect the previous criticisms? Because I don't see how one
justifies the other.
The skip is on the sports field, which is public land. I've no idea who put it
there or whether they have permission but it seems very out of place.
I suppose someone could ring the telephone number on the skip, but I don't
want to be told that I am barging in, and that the skip is an exciting new
building or sculpture designed by some strange person at a huge cost and placed
there with approval
The council recently replaced the allotment fence, the skip was for the old
fence and debris. Whilst walking the dog I called the skip company and
explained the skip was full and in need of collection, they said they are going
to look into who ordered it. That was simple enough !!!!
I have contacted Dave Walker the Oxford City Council's NEATs Co ordinator for
the North East Area and asked him to investigate and deal with the complaint.
The direct number for reporting problems of this nature is 01865 252900,
Thanks Matthew for chasing this too!
Dee Sinclair
City Councillor Quarry and Risinghurst