The BBC's Radio Solent website reports Purbeck Council as exhorting residents to recycle christmas cards.
It quotes Councillor Martyn Colvey saying: "Cards can be recycled in January at WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and TK Maxx stores."
It seems to me to be somewhat daft as a "go green" message.
There are none of these national retail chains within the district.
The nearest are in the centre of Poole, some miles from the very easternmost part of Purbeck.
Perhaps the council is in some way trying to suggest that we do our shopping outside of the district.
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"The council is also asking residents to help create new woodland by supporting the Woodland Trust's Christmas card recycling scheme."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8402459.stm
Is this the same council who don't recycle plastics (at home) don't take thickish card, have stupid recycling bins that need a 5lb house brick to hold them down and are so small they are a waste of time?
Is it the same council who's collectors leave newspapers blowing in the wind and refuse ( at their whim) to take the extra few cans in a bag next to the small green box?
Oh you mean that council!
All I can suggest is that we must have a different Council!
They take my wine boxes with no questions asked, they take anything that I leave - in a box - next to my recycling box - inc milk bottles sans tops. If I don't have a spare box and find my recycling box 'too small' I take the excess to one of the recycling centres.
And the best one, if I forget to put my rubbish out then the collection at the rear of my house is opposite to the front, so I put it out there - and it's never been left - oh, how naughty!
They take my wine boxes with no questions asked, they take anything that I leave - in a box
To put it bluntly I dont beleive you, I called recently (end of Nov) after they did not take some thicker cardboard -like you get 24 cans of pop in- PDC told me that the thickest card they take is cereal boxes! Also if they take plastice milk containers can I have your name to quote when I call tomorrow to complain that we have a two tier collection sysytem.
Go to Poole or Bournemouth and see how they collect recyling that a different ball game.
One thing to point out. As far as I am aware, there is no limit on how much recyclable stuff they will take.(Though there ARE restrictions on WHAT they will take.) You do not have to limit yourself to just one green box. You can use any containers you want.
The original post seems to me to illustrate one of the major failings of local government.
Too many people with their brains not in gear and a bit on the lazy side.
What happens so I'm told is that national organisations - worthy though the may be like the Woodland Trust - send out a suggested script to all the local authories with blanks to fill in for the name of the council.
Some i'M told even have the suggested quote from the council spokesman.
I've seen, within the district, places where cards can be left to be recycled.
The thing for the council to publicise would be something like urging residents to find a worthwhile charity locally that is operating such a scheme and take their cards there rather than give free plugs for a a varieity of national chains that don't operate in the district.
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