recycling

Recycling changes from next Monday #dundeewestend

I have now spoken with many residents in the areas of the West End affected by the recycling changes from 16th April.
 
The only parts of the ward unaffected are the streets around the West End Lanes and Perth Road area closest to the lanes as they were in the last phase of the recycling rollout last year and already on the revised recycling arrangements.   
 
The rest of the West End Ward was covered by the original Phase 1 and 2 recycling rollouts in 2015 so are affected because of the introduction of the Scottish Government’s Code of Practice  (in relation to what can be recycled together) so  the household system will change for everyone in Phases 1 and 2,
 
So from the 16th paper/card = blue bin;  tins/plastics = burgundy bin.    Burgundy bin will no longer be used for glass which will be recycled at neighbourhood “bring” sites and not at a household level.   Along with Bill, I met with environment officers to discuss the siting of the glass “bring sites” – I am anxious that these are sensitively sited away from residents’ homes.   If any of the sites cause complaints or problems after 16th April, the officers assure me that they will be re-sited or removed,
 
I was pleased to discuss issues with residents at the “drop in” event the council’s Neighbourhood Services held at Blackness Library and happy to discuss the matter further with any resident.
 
You can read more about the changes here.

Recycling changes – drop in events #dundeewestend

Further to my recent update about recycling changes in much of the West End other than the Perth Road Lanes area, this is just a reminder that the first drop in information session event for the West End is tomorrow.
 
Here’s our local details and a poster below – all welcome!
 
Blackness Library                                 19th March                                4.30pm to 6.30pm
 
Tesco Riverside                                    29th March                                12 noon to 3pm

West End recycling changes #dundeewestend

In you live in the areas of either Phase 1 or Phase 2 of the recycling rollout (introduction of current recycling services back in 2015) what you put in your waste and recycling bins is changing – including how often they are collected. 
 
This affects most of the West End Ward apart from the Perth Road Lanes area which was in Phase 4 (last year – 2017).
 
The council is making these changes because the Scottish Government’s Household Recycling Charter has been introduced and it changes what will go into the blue bin and the burgundy bin. 
 
Residents affected will have by now received a mailing from the council explaining the changes which are effective from 16th April 2018.     You can read more here.    
 
You should continue to use your bins as normal until then and the council is running information sessions as indicated below – including at Tesco Riverside and Blackness Library – all welcome!

Council to make changes to recycling collections

Dundee City Council is to alter the recycling arrangements for thousands of Dundee households from April in order to ensure that the recycling offer is consistent across the city.
 
I recently asked for an update on the recycling roll-out as Phases 1 and 2 undertaken in 2015 are done differently than the later phases.      Phases 1 and 2 includes all of the West End Ward apart from the area around the Perth Road Lanes, together with parts of Broughty Ferry, Menzieshill, Lochee and Charleston and affects some 24 000 households.
 
In Phases 1 and 2, paper, card, plastics and tins were recycled together in the same blue recycling bin with a burgundy bin used for glass recycling.    However, since then the Scottish Government’s ‘Charter for Household Recycling in Scotland’ has insisted that paper and card should not be collected along with tins and plastics, so from April, the 24 000 households on the ‘old’ method of separation of recyclables will be switched to putting tins, metals and plastics into the burgundy bin.   Glass will no longer be collected in a household recycling bin but at nearby neighbourhood recycling points.
 
It is unfortunate that a change is necessary to what goes into each recycling bin for 24 000 households in the early phases of the recycling rollout back in 2015 but the government’s ‘Charter for Household Recycling in Scotland’ did change the goalposts in terms of what can be collected together.   It is necessary to ensure that the recycling offer is the same for everyone right across Dundee – the later phases’ households rolled out last year are already on the new method of recycling and use of bins.
 
It is vitally important that this change in recycling arrangements this coming April goes smoothly for households and is well-explained and communicated to residents.    This is particularly important as the later phases of recycling changes last year had not gone according to plan at implementation and had led to many complaints and concerns from residents.    
 
I have also sought assurances that any outstanding issues from Phases 3 and 4 have now been implemented – such as the siting of Eurobins and requests from residents to move or site them better.
 
I am happy, as always, to speak with any West End resident with any outstanding bins or recycling problems or concerns.
 
Copy of detail sent to councillors by the council’s Implementation Project Manager :
 
“I am writing to advise you of the forthcoming changes to recycling collections in parts of the West End, Broughty Ferry, Charleston, Menzieshill, Lochee and all surrounding areas which were previously included in Phases 1 & 2 of changes to waste services in 2015.
As you know, in recent months we have been introducing a slightly different version of the 2015 changes across other areas of the City. The reason for the difference was the 2016 introduction of the Scottish Government’s “Charter for Household Recycling in Scotland” which details a preferred single collection methodology for all councils in Scotland. 
 
The aim, in asking all Councils to adopt this standard collection model, is to make recycling systems easier for residents to use and understand as well as increasing the quality and quantity of recycling collected. 
 
In order to comply with this Charter, Dundee City Council subsequently amended the collection model from the 2015 version and introduced this across other areas of the City in 2017. 
 
We now wish to revisit the areas covered by the original changes and bring them in-line with the rest of Dundee.
These changes will commence on Monday 16th April and will comprise:
 
• Blue bins – these will revert to PAPER & CARDBOARD only & collection frequencies will be amended;
• Burgundy bins – these will be repurposed from glass bins to METALS, PLASTICS & CARTONS & collection frequencies will be amended;
• Glass collections – these will change from kerbside collections via a burgundy bin to bring site collections via an enhanced network of these sites.
 
Information on the changes will be communicated to residents in the next few weeks by means of “teaser” letter which outlines the new system and lists the dates for a series of Drop-In information sessions which have been arranged. 
 
A subsequent full information leaflet and revised collection calendar (where applicable) will then be delivered to affected households approximately 1 week prior to the new service starting. Copies of these communications will of course be forwarded to yourselves in due course. 
 
These communications will fully explain what residents should do if their bins contain the OLD material mixes (e.g. glass in a burgundy bin) at the time of the first collections. There will be no requirement for residents to empty any materials out of the bins themselves.”

Food recycling – Perth Road Lanes – further update

I recently updated residents about the impending food recycling extension to cover the Perth Road lanes and surrounding area.
 
There was a drop-in session yesterday for residents that I previously advertised and I thought it would now be useful to give a list of the streets wholly or partly included in the new food recycling extension :
 
     AIRLIE PLACE
     BALTIC GARDENS
     BELLEFIELD AVENUE
     FORDS LANE
     GREENFIELD PLACE
     HIGH MILL COURT
     MAGDALEN MEWS
     MAGDALEN PLACE
     MAGDALEN YARD ROAD
     MCGONAGALL SQUARE
     MCVICARS LANE
     MID WYND
     MILLERS WYND
     OSBORNE PLACE
     PATONS LANE
     PATRICK PLACE
     PENNYCOOK LANE
     PERTH ROAD
     RITCHIES LANE
     ROSEANGLE
     RYEHILL LANE
     SEABRAES COURT
     SEABRAES LANE
     SEAFIELD CLOSE
     SEAFIELD LANE
     SEAFIELD ROAD
     SHEPHERDS LOAN
     SPINNERS WYND
     SPRINGFIELD
     ST PETER STREET
     STEP ROW
     STRAWBERRYBANK
     TAYFIELD PLACE
     TAYLORS LANE
     THOMSON STREET
     UNION PLACE
     WESTFIELD AVENUE
     WESTFIELD LANE
     WESTFIELD PLACE
     WINDSOR PLACE
 
I have details of the locations of communal on-street recycling units in the area so do please contact me if you wish further information on this (recycling@frasermacpherson.org.uk).
 
Last week, I attended a briefing for councillors about the proposed final extensions of all other household recycling across the city (paper, cardboard, metals, plastics, etc) and this will take place in two phases – commencing April and June.    The above area is the only part of the West End left to have this extension (the rest of the West End being covered from 2015) and I will update with further details on this soon.

Food recycling extension in the West End – map

Last week, I advised that there will shortly be an extension to the food waste collection service to the Perth Road Lanes and surrounding areas.     
 
The update also contained details of a drop-in event at Blackness Library for residents – you can read the earlier update here.
 
A number of residents have asked the precise area covered and therefore please note this map and boundary below :
This extension of the food waste recycling to this area (plus Brown Street) in the West End completes the roll out of food recycling in the West End Ward.