King George's Road

Following recent communications from Curo, a number of residents had left unwanted large items out around the estate, which were supposed to be removed yesterday.

Whilst Councillor Sharon Ball and I were out talking with residents this evening, we were alerted to the fact that Curo had not collected a large amount of the waste.

We will contact Curo immediately this morning to request all remaining rubbish is collected and disposed of.

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Sarah Moore

Westmoreland Waste

I went for a walk around the Westmoreland ward this morning and was shocked to find that households in 23 different streets had rubbish outside.  I have reported each occurrence of this to BANES to arrange for the waste to be collected before it is spread down the street.

It is important that everyone takes responsibility for disposing of their own waste, which means that NO rubbish should be put on the footpath outside your properties until the day of collection.

Waste bags put out on days other than that of your scheduled collection encourages animals and birds to rip them open and in the case of recycling can result in it being spread over a large area when we have strong winds.

If you are unsure which day your waste is collected, please either check on the BANES website or contact us.

We are committed to ensuring the Westmoreland ward is the cleanest, safest area to live and would ask residents to help us to achieve this.

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Sarah Moore

Claude Avenue/Cynthia Road

Following the Waste Collections yesterday, I went out this morning and picked up 8 bags of litter along Claude Avenue, Bridge Road, Cynthia Road and Mayfield Road.

I was shocked at the amount of litter left behind.  It is important to make sure all waste is put out on the correct day and in suitable containers to reduce the quantity that is left behind.

If you do not have suitable receipticles for your recycling, please get in touch with the Waste Services Team at BANES, who will be happy to help/advise you.

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Sarah Moore

New small electrical goods recycling service

Starting on 18th February the council will be collecting small electrical goods on its kerbside collections each ŵeek.

The definition of a small electrical item is an item with a plug or a battery that will fit into a carrier bag.

This is yet another initiative being brought in by our Liberal Democrat Council in order to reduce our  waste disposal costs and increase our recycling rates.

Large electrical goods will not be collected so please don't try to put these out.