The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
9 October (Part 2) - Garbage in and garbage out
While I was driving almost to Lincolnshire yesterday Bexley Council
issued a Press Release about recycling. They first mentioned adopting
new arrangements in July, now things appear to be getting serious.
The Press Release is well worth a read but in summary it is…
• Offering residents a choice of wheelie bin sizes, rather than recycling boxes, where people have the space to store them.
• Moving to a 1-2-3 collection cycle: weekly collections of food waste,
two-weekly collections of garden waste, fortnightly or three-weekly
collections of recycling and fortnightly or three-weekly collections of residual waste for incineration.
• Introducing additional collections for residents who need to dispose of large quantities of nappies or incontinence pads.
Introducing a longer four-day working week (Tuesday to Friday) to make more
efficient use of staff and vehicles and eliminate the disruption caused by bank holidays from 2021/22.
• Bringing the collection service and other street services back ‘in house’,
transferring the service to a company owned by the Council, extending the current Serco contract or
re-tendering.
• None of the options under consideration affect people living in flats.
If they are agreed by the Council’s Cabinet in February, changes to collection arrangements could take place next summer.