Further to the concerns I raised last year following a wheelie bin fire at 97 Peddie Street, I am pleased to see the City Council now introducing a two-month trial of removing the wheelie bins here (north end Peddie Street plus a small number of properties in Annfield Street, Corso Street and Abbotsford Place) and [...]
Archive for the ‘Waste Management’ Category
This evening, I attended the monthly Community Spirit Action Group meeting, the residents’ group covering Cleghorn, Ancrum, Polepark, Pentland, Tullideph and surrounding areas. There was an excellent presentation from Jeff Halkett from the City Council’s Waste Management Department which concentrated on waste collection arrangements in the West End. There was also a useful discussion on a [...]
Back in June, I advised residents of the latest information on the recycling of plastics. I have now received a further update from the City Council as follows : Dear Fraser, The review period for the acceptance of an expanded array of plastics is now up, and we will be moving forward with these [...]
Further to my recent item about the blaze affecting the front of 97 Peddie Street, it appears that a mattress stuffed in a wheelie bin sitting outside the tenement was set alight, possibly by a discarded cigarette. It absolutely highlights the need to get rid of the bins that sit permanently on the pavement – [...]
The blaze outside 97 Peddie Street earlier today, caused by a wheelie bin fire, has caused considerable damage to the front of the block – see above. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but it highlights the dangers of wheelie bins being left out on the street – a problem discussed at [...]
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Posted: January 14, 2010 in Tait's Lane, Tavish Scott MSP, Thomson Street, Waste ManagementA few Thursday updates : * This morning, along with councillor colleagues, I had a very useful meeting with the Waste Management Department and the Environmental Health & Trading Standards Department about the problems of refuse presentation at various locations. This gave the opportunity to raise issues in specific streets in the West End where [...]
Back in July, I updated www.dundeewestend.com (see http://tinyurl.com/cleghorn) – and the Community Spirit residents’ group – of changes to the bin collection arrangements in parts of the Cleghorn Street area. This initially consisted of a move away from traditional small bins in some parts of Pitfour Street, City Road, Rosebery Street and Benvie Road and [...]
An issue I have had many complaints about in recent months is the extent of fly-tipping or the dumping of old furniture and other items in parts of the West End. At meetings of the West End local community planning partnership, Tayside Fire and Rescue has highlighted that on tenement stairwells, discarded items of furniture [...]
Tackling graffiti in the West End
Posted: August 29, 2009 in Dundee City Council, graffiti, Waste ManagementToday’s “Courier” has an article about the increasing graffiti problem and assurances I have received from the City Council’s Waste Management Department that further steps were being taken to tackle the issue. Go to http://tinyurl.com/dundeegraffiti to read the article. Let’s be clear – graffiti is pure vandalism – it damages both public and private property and [...]
I was on Radio Tay News yesterday regarding the bins collections issue in the city … See : http://www.dundeewestend.com/2009/05/on-radio-tay-news-bins-collection-issue.html
The “Evening Telegraph” featured this issue tonight, including my concerns about this, concerning collections in the West End. Go to http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2009/05/04/story13077725t0.shtm to view.
A late blog update following a marathon council sitting tonight! The Courier this morning covered the on-going waste management problems over public holiday arrangements and my comments about them. Go to http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2009/04/27/newsstory13031192t0.asp to view the article – I was also interviewed on Radio Tay about the issue today. Whilst I appreciate that there is an industrial [...]
This morning’s “Courier” has a follow-up item about my concerns regarding the way Dundee City Council handled last week’s bin collection problems by simply missing out the Monday collection – see http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2009/04/14/newsstory12951363t0.asp. The Council has assured me that should the industrial dispute be unresolved by the time of the May public holiday, a way will [...]
I was interviewed on the STV News at 6pm last night (and today’s Courier also covers the matter) about the way Dundee City Council has handled yesterday’s lack of refuse collections in Dundee. This is because of a dispute with the trade union Unite about changes to public holiday arrangements. I was told by the [...]
The City Council has delivered Domestic Bin and Recycling Container Collection 2009 Calendars to households across the City. There’s a useful online facility on the Council website that allows you to select your street and then print off calendars for any of the following services provided in your area: * Refuse Wheelie Bin (or [...]
Smell problem hopefully resolved
Posted: June 30, 2008 in Botanic Garden, Hillside Road, Menzieshill Road, Newhall Gardens, River Crescent, Riverside Place, Waste ManagementI have today received assurances from the City Council’s Head of Waste Management that concerns raised by many residents of the West End about a bad smell apparently coming from the Riverside Civic Amenity site over the past few days should hopefully soon be resolved. Over the past few days I have had lots of [...]
Last Friday I mentioned West End recycling and refuse issues (click on headline above to view) and here’s a couple of updates: Firstly, with regard to the possibility of siting one of the mini-recycling units for the Abbotsford/Corso area adjacent to the commercial units in Peddie Street, I am pleased to have been informed by [...]
Wheelie Bin, refuse, council committees and Monopoly updates!
Posted: May 19, 2007 in Dundee City Council, Monopoly, Waste ManagementFirstly, with reference to my blog earlier today about the City Council, if you click the headline above, you can read a resume of the Council Chief Executive’s suggestions for a streamlined committee structure. This will obviously be the subject of discussion and decision at the City Council’s Statutory Meeting on Thursday, but it seems [...]
Following a resident’s complaint about the mess of a bin area in the West End, I have to congratulate the Waste Management Department who arranged its cleaning within hours of my contacting them. And … here’s the details of Hogmanay in Dundee City Centre (with thanks to Sheena Wellington for the information!) : Hogmanay celebrations [...]
