Wheelie bin consultation to head off 'panic and dilemmas'

4:10pm Friday 22nd March 2013 in News By Alexa Copeland, Reporter (Darlington)

DARLINGTON residents concerned about how the introduction of wheelie bins will affect them can contact the council to arrange a home visit.

Ward councillors raised concerns at Thursday’s full council meeting that some residents were still uncertain about how to store their bins and where to put them out for collection if bin trucks cannot fit down their road – a particular issue in dense terraced streets.

Coun Nick Wallis, leisure and local environment cabinet member, said it was useful for the council to identify potential problems now before the roll-out starts in May.

He said: “I know officers have worked very hard with residents about the implications of wheelie bins.

“The whole purpose of beginning this consultation early is to avoid a panic or a series of dilemmas immediately before or after the introduction of the wheelie bins in Darlington.”

Coun Wallis added that council officials would visit concerned residents and that he would look closely at the situation on The Green in Hurworth where householders are concerned that their bins will have to be stored permanently on the public village green.

Anyone who would like to speak to the council about specific wheelie bin issues should call the council’s refuse attendance and collection officers on 01325-388777.

Comments(8)

Homshaw1 says...
10:46pm Fri 22 Mar 13

If you live in a terraced house presumably you can leave it in the back lane

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Jan Van-Winkel says...
11:08am Sat 23 Mar 13

Spoke with them for all it was worth. They visited and said I should just leave the Wheelie in front of my house. So, I shall just have to chain it to the lamp post by the kerb so it does not get blown about or stolen.

How pleasant this town of ours will be with these things standing in full view. Not to mention the potential for vandalism and fire setting seen in many other places.

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Darloresident says...
12:08pm Sat 23 Mar 13

unwanted,unneeded and expensive..
Mr Wallis name always turns up when council tax payers money is being wasted...Look back at what have been his projects in the past.All not fit for purpose and overspent..
So from highways he pops up in leisure and environment..jobs for the boys.Watch the pennies on this wheelie bin project Darlington residents..most probably riddled with problems and will cost twice as much as we have been led to believe.Hope Mr C Johnson holds them to account every step of the way..

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Madadrian says...
4:56pm Sat 23 Mar 13

I have contacted councillors including Wallis. I have left my name and address. I have yet to be contacted by anyone. The only comment I got was from a local councillor who refused to discuss the matter and said it was finalised.

I really could not give a **** whetjer wheeli bins are introduced or not though I think they are a waste of money. I just do not want one of these things in my yard. If they leave it in the back lane I'll happily drop the one bag of rubbish we have each week into it. Bur neither I or my wife could drag one of those up steps to the back lane and we are not leaving our gates unlocked for the collectors to come in alongside the thieves

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Spy Boy says...
10:41pm Sat 23 Mar 13

Dead right Darloresident and the others too. This whole plan is rubbish and the fact that Nick Wallis ( Failed ) is involved is a pointer to the total b**** up this is going to be. There will need to be a 2 tier collection to collect bins and bags and the bins will just end up as so much junk in a land fill.

The cost is far above the single huge expense of buying these things, probably from abroad. They will need new trucks and handling equipment. There is also replacement costs for lost or damaged ones as I'm not paying if the thing is stolen, blown away or set on fire. In windy conditions I've seen bins like this flying about and ending up under cars and buses.

As for the councillor who said it wass too late to reverse the decision. Why were we not properly consulted ? I suppose promises have been made before we even know what's happening. The council insists on keeping us one step behind on every project simply so that they can get their way. Get rid of this bunch of self serving, meddlesome clowns now !!!!! We could fill the wheelie bins with them and send the whole useless lot to a landfill.

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BMD says...
4:43am Sun 24 Mar 13

Ed Miliband has admitted the last Labour government did not do enough for ordinary people, he said by the time it left office "too many people of Britain didn't feel as if the Labour party was open to their influence, or listening to them".

Ed you have just described Darlington Council

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raekim says...
12:09pm Sun 24 Mar 13

I've lived back in Darlington for 8 years after 21 years away and we always had wheelie bins in the other towns I lived in. There's less mess, smell etc then just leaving your bin bags on the kerb side. So much easier. I for one welcome them.

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Alan Macnab says...
12:09pm Sun 24 Mar 13

The North Road Lib Dem Councillors delivered a questionnaire to all homes in the ward asking for views and the difficulties which residents will have with the bins and to identify those residents who required assisted collections. The response was excellent and results were forwarded to Streetscene for them to help residents in the ward.

I haven't been consulted by the Labour Councillors in the ward where I live about wheelie bins. Come to think of it I haven't heard from them for ages.

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