Island Echo always welcomes letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff.
This letter is in response to the recent introduction of new waste charges at the Isle of Wight’s Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Letter to the editor – Tuesday 15th September
“I had a booking for 10:00, the usual queuing and people turning in from the other side of the road was taking place. The man at the gate was pleasant I asked if there had been any problems since the charges, he replied “surprisingly no.”
Article continues below this advertisement “I proceeded to the drop off area, unloaded the general bags I had and some plastic and was about to unload the wood and was approached by a woman who said that I was only allowed 2 bags of wood.
“I challenged that what I had was not over the limit to be told “it was not me it’s the council.” And told that it would be £10. I declined and took the wood away.
“I have 2 points here, 1 if I would have turned up with a van load of wood, would it still only be £10? Point 2, I use a van to go to the centre so I had one of my 12 allowances removed from my permit yet I brought the wood away with me.
“Does the council think this is fair?
“Won’t this put more stress on the bin collectors as people will put it in their bins? Is this going to create more fly tipping?”
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Julie
Isle of Wight
It will just encourage fly tipping and cost the Council more in the end
I couldn’t agree more
I agree with the answer so why can’t the council see it
“And told that it would be £10.”
That is what is known as “bunce”.
You have been Dixtatorialled – yet walked away.
Good for you Julie.
Now don’t forget to put your bin out at 06.59 on the correct day.
This is sure to be counterproductive. People will just hide DIY waste in black bags and throw it to landfill, instead of recycling. Or simply say they are clearing rubbish left in the garden by previous occupants. The Council should be doing everything possible to make recycling easier, not more difficult.
The Council couldn’t recycle an empty crisp wrapper.
Whatever happened to common sense, they are creating an
environment disaster.
People will be dumping shit everywhere.
It could be argued that they have discovered that they can make more money from basic services and at the same time encourage fly tipping where subsequent fines will mean even more money for government. That’s higher salaries. So the worse the service the better off they can be.
Them, not us.
When you use the 12 scratch off tabs on your van ticket you can apply for a new one, you are not limited to 12 visits a year.
At this point what are we paying council tax for. Bin men won’t take stuff tip wont take stuff. Council are encouraging us to actively fly tip at this point.
Being able to take stuff to the tip for free encouraged us to take it there in the proper manner. Being greedy and charging us to take it there will encourage fly tipping. They just can’t work it out can they? All it’s about is getting money back they have squandered, and it was OUR money
Those who thought it would be a good idea to elect a council dominated by Reform might be starting to wonder if they made a mistake…
What do we pay council tax for. I have no children, live in a private road that has no street lighting or cleaning. Refuse disposal is about the only service I receive. We have to pay again if we want garden rubbish collected and now we have to pay to dispose of DIY waste beyond a certain allowance. IOWCC is screwing the taxpayer every which way. What happened to all the extra money that was going to come from efficiency savings. Perhaps councillors’ expenses should be open to greater scrutiny.
It’ll definitely create more fly tipping. The wood gets recycled, the council make money from our waste – they make money from metal, wood and other recycable ‘rubbish’. Why they have imposed charges is beyond me. I know of nowhere on the mainland that charges for using the tip. In fact councils on the mainland encourage a visit and by the way they don’t do time slots! All this is paid for from council tax and now the civil want to up our council tax too- talk about adding insult to injury. In addition, there’ll be more back garden bonfires! B&Q will make a killing with burning bins!
Take it home and burn it, who cares about the enviroment, obviously not this council!
I am not surprised and i bet that female is being paid to do that at what extra cost?
This is just an extra TAX, we have already paid for the service, will they refund a portion of the council tax please? Where are the MPs and Councillors of all flavours when you need them or do they agree with this policy? , any chance the public were consulted? Thought not.
What the same MPs and Councillors who do fcuk all about
getting ferry prices reduced for island residents.
None of them are needed in today’s world. A.I could do a much better
job, much cheaper for US tax payers.
No excessive wages, pensions, expenses and 2nd homes to pay for.
THEY OBVIOUSLY DON’T CARE, THEY ONLY PRETEND THEY CARE
WHEN IT IS ELECTION TIME.
I had the same issue getting rid of some rubble..emptied two buckets and had one more to empty and then was approached and said I would have to pay for the third one…I was like WHAT!I wasn’t going to to nor will I ever pay after getting robbed every month for CT.So I said if I drive all the way home back to Ryde and rebook another slot I can come back and empty it for free and the the bloke said yeh….what a waste of time and fuel…so much for the environment.Absolute idiots in that council..bunch of hill billies
Cause more fly tipping? why? if you’ve got that much waste from a domestic renovation then there are plenty of small businesses on the Island who will come and load it up & remove it for a reasonable price … failing that hire a skip.
And this is why most people don’t bother anymore. The non-household rubbish is put in black bags with the normal rubbish, spread out over a few weeks if needed. The council has no provision in place for people who don’t have a car. Do they think we rent a van to take rubbish to a tip that is otherwise not even accessible? Bunch of clowns!
All want ‘lower’ income taxes but moan when the cost of the ‘lower’ taxes comes home. In the 50’s and 60’s we taxed people more, and the wealthy way more, and we had cheap and working rail, cheap buses, cheap water, cheap electric, cheap gas, cheap housing along with new roads and a working NHS. Thatcher sold the people a lie that privatising the government and it’s services will improve services and reduce tax. It did none of them things, now we’re over taxed for services that are failing or owned by other countries. And some how the Tories and Reform they call that patriotism.
I love my country and I want to own it again. Don’t let the right lie to you again! Reform will sell everything to their yank mates and loot what is left for themselves.
Wonder if this has anything to do with the previous Thali sounding name leaving their contract early (with no repercussions I expect) and the new ones taking over recently? Flexing their authoritar, maybe?
Either the Council or them, as it can’t be attributed to anyone else. It’s all greed.