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Council plot bin progress
11:11am Monday 1st September 2008
Oxford could be set to get a new waste "hit squad" in a bid to clean up city streets which are overflowing with rubbish from students and houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs).
Town Hall is considering introducing a £40,000 rapid response team under a series of new proposals to tackle problems associated with HMOs such as fly-tipping, side waste and refuse left in alleyways.
The hit squad will operate during university term-times in order to tackle the city's grotspots and improve the lives of residents living next to students and Oxford's 5,000 HMOs.
The squad will be combined with plans to provide 800 free blue wheelie bins for large families and HMOs who are judged to have problems with side waste in an effort to boost recycling.
Oxford City Council's Labour leaders also wants to abolish the £5 bin swap charge introduced by the Liberal Democrat administration in April to allow residents to get a big enough recycling bin or box to cope with their needs.
The matter will be discussed by the council's value and performance scrutiny committee tomorrow.
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dave, says...
11:54am Mon 1 Sep 08
Ed, Oxford says...
12:13pm Mon 1 Sep 08
It is a tip at the moment, and it's far from what it could be.
Tony Brett, Oxford says...
12:16pm Mon 1 Sep 08
And to run this just in term time is appalling. Oxford Uni and Brookes Uni also have entirely different term structures and times.
Mr Dave, Oxford says...
1:12pm Mon 1 Sep 08
If they are in the EU, under EU law, why are we having to put up with fortnightly collections?
Jay, oxford says...
1:46pm Mon 1 Sep 08
Why can't the university foot a proportion of the bill?
Tony Brett, they are targeting students, because it's mostly students living in the 5000 HMOs, and HMOs are the absolute worse culprits for littering the area.
Claire Kent, The real world. says...
2:03pm Mon 1 Sep 08
The landlords should be fined each week there is a problem this would soon sort the problem out.
Claire Kent, The real world says...
2:11pm Mon 1 Sep 08
If students were watched leaving the cheap bar in Gypsy lane most nights/early mornings of the week it would soon become very obvious that a lot of the damage to car wing mirrors, and bins overturned etc is the responsibility of the little darlings on their way home after filling themselves with cheap beer.
amber gambler, abingdon says...
2:25pm Mon 1 Sep 08
Mr Dave wrote:I think you'll find Gran Canaria together with the other Canary Islands are outside the EU - even though they are Spanish islands. Nevertheless, they are very fortunate to get such a good service at a very reasonable price.
In Grand Canaries, they have their bins emptied every day for £45 p.a. If they are in the EU, under EU law, why are we having to put up with fortnightly collections?
oxman, Oxford says...
2:35pm Mon 1 Sep 08
*thinks to self* h'mm, maybe it's not the fault of students??
Nah, we must blame them aswearen't at fault at all
Aslam, Oxford says...
3:01pm Mon 1 Sep 08
DH, Jericho says...
3:31pm Mon 1 Sep 08
David H, Oxford says...
3:37pm Mon 1 Sep 08
Mr Dave wrote:Problems with poor UK waste collection and street cleaning have nothing to do with the EU, and all to do with your local council's ineptitude.
In Grand Canaries, they have their bins emptied every day for £45 p.a.
If they are in the EU, under EU law, why are we having to put up with fortnightly collections?
east ox res (and not a student), oxford says...
3:38pm Mon 1 Sep 08
Sure the students have not got a clue about what goes in the blue recycling bin but i have seen with my own eyes who the worst offenders are.
Tom, says...
4:00pm Mon 1 Sep 08
Aslam wrote:Aslam I think your view is shared by 99.9% of people in Oxford.
Just return weekly collections and stop messing about with other worthless ideas. Stop waisting the council tax payers money.
Jobs need to be created thinking up new ways to save money (ironically the jobs often cost more than the savings if they ever see them.....).
It is criminal waste,no better than stealing the money.
Tom, says...
4:05pm Mon 1 Sep 08
Ed wrote:It is very simple why Oxford has become so filthy in the last 5 years.
I overheard some American tourists saying how filthy Oxford was, and I felt really ashamed, but had to agree. It is a tip at the moment, and it's far from what it could be.
It is seriously overcrowded due to uncontrolled immigration.
Teenagers have no pride in their town and continue to litter (and the police do nothing).
The Council is criminal in it mismanagement of OUR MONEY.
gary, oxford says...
4:27pm Mon 1 Sep 08
uncontrolled immigration swamped the city,it now resembles a third world dump,you cant get away with the facts,regardless of what the pc brigade will tell you.
Concerned, Oxford says...
6:12pm Mon 1 Sep 08
thing to do with landfill or recycling with one of the highest council tax charges in the country OCC should be ashamed.
wideboy, Cowley says...
7:19pm Mon 1 Sep 08
Once they have sorted the first priority which is public health , then the city richbags can merit an increase.
This glorious city has become a dump over the last few years. Alas.
We pay more council tax and get less service.
Witchy, witney says...
10:26pm Mon 1 Sep 08
coolsummer, oxford says...
11:32pm Mon 1 Sep 08
gary wrote:Yes Oxford should make awareness about cleaning among people dont know about that.
oxford used to be beautiful untill
uncontrolled immigration swamped the city,it now resembles a third world dump,you cant get away with the facts,regardless of what the pc brigade will tell you.
Baz, Up North says...
9:11am Tue 2 Sep 08
Cluless, east oxford says...
9:53am Tue 2 Sep 08
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