The people of Oldbury express their feelings about the proposals to change bin collections from weekly to fortnightly.
The people of Oldbury express their feelings about the proposals to change bin collections from weekly to fortnightly.
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00:00So, what are your thoughts on the planned upcoming bin changes?
00:06Well, where's all the rubbish going to go for that fortnight all over the pavements like it is now?
00:13Never mind the fortnight collection, I can't collect it weekly!
00:18Well, they said part of the reason was obviously to cut down on costs, to cut down on trouble with mixing, recycling and regular rubbish.
00:26They also said that part of the reason for the upcoming changes is because residents aren't splitting the rubbish themselves.
00:32Do you reckon that's true?
00:34No, no. I can't even get them to cut the edges on the community block down here.
00:39Never mind, collect rubbish.
00:41Do you reckon it's going to cause any more issues to fall bins?
00:45I think it is. They're going to overflow and they're going to have more rats.
00:50Do you think there's already a bit of a problem with bin collections then?
00:54Yes.
00:56It's a circle, isn't it? Again, it's a private company and that's what you get with private companies.
01:02I think it's going to impact a lot because obviously household rubbish is just too much, especially when you've got kids in the house.
01:10I think it's going to be more of a waste pollution thing because people are just dumping in there and too many flies.
01:19It's just going to make the environment more dirty.
01:23Absolutely. Do you think it's going to cause a bigger issue with fly tipping?
01:26It will, I think.
01:28Let me see what your thoughts are on this.
01:31One of the reasons that they said was because people aren't separating rubbish properly.
01:35There's people who's not separating the recycling from anything else, so it's all going into the incinerators.
01:40Do you think that's an issue? Do you have a problem with separating?
01:44My mum does it, so I don't have that issue because my mum does that.
01:49I think, yes, that is an issue because if I'll be very honest, if it was me, I wouldn't separate it.
01:56I would just put everything in one and be very honest.
01:59Yes, that could be an issue.
02:02Do you think it's a bad idea?
02:04It is, 100%. It's a bad idea. Don't do it.
02:07For single people like myself, I think it's not going to be too much of a problem.
02:12But I think families will struggle with only having one collection every two weeks.
02:18I know there are families near me that have full bins every week.
02:22So what are they going to do with all their rubbish if it's only fortnightly?
02:26And that's like, obviously, currently it's one week. They've got full bins after one week, let alone two weeks.
02:32Yes, absolutely, yes.
02:34So what do you think it's going to do to the fly tipping? Do you reckon there's going to be more fly tipping?
02:37I think it will be more because people will need to get rid of the rubbish.
02:40And I think we're going to see a lot more black plastic bags sitting around on pavements.
02:46Absolutely, yes.
02:48So one of the issues, and I think you'll be surprised by this as well,
02:52one of the issues that they said has contributed to the decision
02:56was the lack of people separating the recycling from regular rubbish.
03:01Do you think that's an issue? Do you reckon that's an issue currently?
03:04No, I think a lot of people do quite well with their recycling in Sandwell.
03:10I can't see that people aren't...
03:14We get a lot of information from the council about what to recycle and what not to.
03:18And I think, as far as I'm aware, people follow that.
03:21But overall, not really for it?
03:25Yes, I don't mind recycling. I always recycle.
03:29What about the two week thing, do you reckon?
03:32No, I'm not happy with that.
03:34I can't see why we can't keep the bin situation as it is now.