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Waiting game - Clare Botley with sons Rhys, Sonny and Logan , is waiting for two new bins
FAMILIES claim they have been left in the dark about changes to rubbish collection days under the three-bin system, which started in the Rochford district this week.
The new regime uses three wheelie bins - one for recyclables, a second for leftover food and garden waste and a third for all other rubbish.
Each week families put out the garden waste bin. The other two bins are collected fortnightly, in rotation.
But residents told the Echo collection dates changed without any warning.
This week families in Clarence Road, Rayleigh, put out their recyclable waste on Monday, only to learn their collection date had been switched to Wednesday.
And residents in Brooklyn Drive, Teignmouth Drive and Torquay Close missed their collections as their pick-up days were moved from Thursday to Monday. Although the council has sent out information packs to advertise the changes, many residents say they have not received them.
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Karen Spicer, who lives in Teignmouth Drive said she new nothing of the changes to collection days.
She said: "Our rubbish was last collected last Thursday and no-one on this road has been putting out their bins since.
"We had something through from the council two weeks ago and it said to put out the rubbish on our usual collection day.
"My recycling bin is full."
Meanwhile, in Derwent Avenue, many residents say they still have not received two of the three bins they need.
Clare Botley, a mum-of-three, who lives on the road, said: "The council forgot about the bins for our estate, I haven't had mine.
"They just put a recycling sticker on the black wheelie bin which we already had. Because I didn't have any other bins, I just put all my rubbish into that one."
Posted by: John, Ashingdon on 5:35pm Thu 24 Jul 08
Hip Hip Hooray our bins were emptied today. Welcome Pack also delivered today saying our new collection day would be Thursday- TODAY
Otherwise no complaints about new service, except dodgy wheels on one new bin which will be fixed
Hip Hip Hooray our bins were emptied today. Welcome Pack also delivered today saying our new collection day would be Thursday- TODAY
Otherwise no complaints about new service, except dodgy wheels on one new bin which will be fixed
The bins are disgusting, I do think we should recycle but an evening walk on the night before they are collected is like a walk through Tudor England !!!!! they stink !!!!!!!!!!. This has not been thought through and clearly will not work this way.We have a large garden and one cut of the grass means the bin is full, we asked for a larger one or to have 2 bins and we were told "no take your rubbish to the tip" this wont happen so the wrong bin will have to be used.
The bins are disgusting, I do think we should recycle but an evening walk on the night before they are collected is like a walk through Tudor England !!!!! they stink !!!!!!!!!!. This has not been thought through and clearly will not work this way.We have a large garden and one cut of the grass means the bin is full, we asked for a larger one or to have 2 bins and we were told "no take your rubbish to the tip" this wont happen so the wrong bin will have to be used.
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