Brighton Rubbish Articles

After two hours on strike at Hollingdean Depot, many Brighton and Hove dustmen were sent home.  Binmen are complaining about problems with the existing rounds and threatened to walk out during new year. The council on the other hand insist the new rounds work.

After advice from the GMB that their actions were illegal all dustmen agreed to start their rounds. 14 of which were sent home without pay. Due to this protest parts of Brighton did not receive collections.

From January 2009 you may have to pay extra for having your household rubbish removed. Councils setting up these schemes to encourage people to recycle more.

Europe is running out of landfill sites and all nations face targets to increase the amount they recycle into new materials. Britain’s current volume of household waste totals to over 15 million tonnes.

Brighton and Hove council has finally started to collect bags of rubbish which have been gathering for weeks.

There have been problems with household rubbish collection rounds in Brighton and Hove for months. Areas affected include Queen’s Park, Brunswick and Adelaide, Withdean, Patcham, Woodingdean, Hollingbury, Coldean and parts of Preston Park.

A council spokeswoman issued the following statement:

“We are aware there are problems in areas across the city and there are some roads still suffering delays, but we are working closely with staff and the unions to resolve the issues.
The changes affect 121,000 properties across 3,000 streets and, for most people, the service is running smoothly.
However, we have always been clear that the new routes would take until around the end of the year to “bed down” and we are on target to meet this promise”