Plastic recycling banks in the Cotswolds to be removed

1:24pm Thursday 3rd January 2013 in News By Ian Craig

RECYCLING banks for plastic bottles in the Cotswolds are to be a thing of the past from the end of January.

Following the introduction of kerbside plastics recycling in October, Cotswold District Council has announced it will withdraw plastic bottle recycling banks by the end of January.

This is the latest stage in the takeover of responsibility for waste and recycling collections by UBICO, the company set up jointly by CDC and Cheltenham Borough Council, and is set to contribute to estimated savings to Cotswold taxpayers of £570,000.

CDC cabinet member for the environment Cllr David Fowles (Con, Hampton) said residents had welcomed the new arrangements.

“This has meant that the amount of plastic bottles deposited in recycling banks has declined drastically, and, as planned, we no longer feel that we can justify spending £100,000 of taxpayers money each year to provide them,” he said.

“However, we will still continue to provide a range of recycling banks for items such as paper, cans, glass, cardboard and textiles.”

He added a poster campaign would be launched later this month alerting residents to the changes.

For a list of recycling banks available in the Cotswolds click here or call 01285 623 123

Comments(13)

Bob Henson says...
2:23pm Thu 3 Jan 13

Let's hope that the ridiculous white plastic bags we have been given for mixed rigid plastics are to be changed for something more suitable which does not blow away in the slightest breeze and scatter it's contents around the neighbourhood, then. If one set out to deliberately design a more stupid container in which to put lightweight plastics, I doubt one would succeed.

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Crispin Mount says...
3:39pm Thu 3 Jan 13

Only Cotswold District Council could name their waste company after a discredited South American dictator...Jorge Ubico.

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Tina Robins says...
5:55pm Thu 3 Jan 13

Hear hear Bob. I'm casting envious eyes at the blue-topped wheelie bins they use in Wiltshire. I'm sure they're going to last longer too.

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Alvin Sepert says...
4:10am Fri 4 Jan 13

Hear hear Bob and how about a Red one for Cardboard.

There's a Red one
And a Green one
And a Blue one
And a Black one
And they're all made out of Thermpplastic
And they all get in the way.

And the people In the houses
are too lazy to go to the recycling banks
And they clamour for kerbside recycling
Kerbside Recycling that's what they say

Then when they get Kerbside recycling
They complain about the number of bins
And its all very depressing
And makes you feel like packing it in

Little Boxes on the Hillside
Little Boxes built of Bradstone
Little boxes little boxes little boxes all the same
There's a Red one and a Geen one
And even a Yellow one
And they all keep on moaning
And theyr're a total pain

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Steeple says...
8:59am Fri 4 Jan 13

Excellent scheme but the white bags won't last long if they are dragged along a 50m pavement. They can't be all that heavy.

Smarten up UBICO!

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Jorge Ubico says...
1:41am Sat 5 Jan 13

You said that at a my face Steeple.
I plenty smart you no worry

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Pentheus says...
9:43pm Sat 5 Jan 13

Yet more rubbish about rubbish . Start by examining the input e.g Supermarkets and the food packaging industry . This totally ineffectual and supine mongrel of a Government has done nothing to change the composition of food packaging but then it wouldn't would it .. It has higher priorities than environmental considerations like gay marriage and building a railway from London to Birmingham that nobody wants and we cannot afford ..... The arrival of the refuse truck to collect this Government and take them to dump can't happen quick enough......

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David Broad says...
5:25pm Sun 6 Jan 13

I for one will miss the igloo, it took lots of lobbying to get one at Chedworth and it is still very well used, far more convenient than the white sack which has now taken over my shed and may very well blow away in the next gale, but £100 000 p.a, well that is unsustainable. I thought Paul said plastic recycling would pay for itself?
However to pick up on Pentheus's point, if we were all serious about recycling and recycled all our tins etc at Kingsmeadow Tesco then we would have recycling at no cost to CDC, just take back the empties for recycling when you buy your shopping, not rocket science? I don't I admit but my wife does!

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Pentheus says...
6:01pm Sun 6 Jan 13

Recycling starts with consumer choice .....I utilise the services of a product delivery service that delivers its product in 100% reusable packaging.The average life of the packaging is between 8-10 deliveries . It is made not from an oil base but a prolific abundant element . Even taking into account the energy used in its construction it is still a more efficient delivery article ....oh and the delivery service ...it's called a milkman !!!,,

And what is Parliaments position on getting the supermarkets under control? ...Andy Burnham the Shadow Health Minister looking to get a ban on Kellogs Frosties ! Beyond the realm of human comprehension ......

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Council Taxpayer says...
2:49pm Mon 7 Jan 13

Try David Broad's suggestion of taking your tins, etc. back to Tesco if you like but my experience is that the supermarket has taken a relatively simple task - tossing rubbish into a skip - and made it ludicrously complicated and time consuming with a Heath Robinson contraption that is invariably out-of-order.
Even when it is working, the machine's insistence on putting one item at a time through the plastic doors - often rejecting it for no obvious reason - is infuriating.
We have often driven away with our recycling still in the boot after finding a maintenance man wrestling with the huge machine which is a pointless waste of money.
The white council sacks may be a pain but at lest they are simple.

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Susie Clark says...
7:50pm Mon 7 Jan 13

In answer to your question, Crispin,there is another council who calls its waste collection Ubico - Cheltenham Borough Council and who is that run by ? - er.. Lib Dems .Next question - why was Jorge Ubico discredited ? - well, he was a Liberal, so perhaps there is a connection after all !

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Crispin Mount says...
6:54pm Tue 8 Jan 13

No Susie, the name came from the Cotswold end but research has never been your strong point (just venom).

You clearly struggle with political history too, as Ubico was a dictator in the style of Napoleon with repressive policies and an arrogant demeanor as any student of Latin American politics will know.

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Pentheus says...
1:21pm Thu 10 Jan 13

Is there a scheme to recycle old Conservative Councillors as we are going to have quite few next year after the Council Elections .....I think CDC should look into this....

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