RECYCLING SACKS ARE BACK

Dear All, Have been passing on all your comments to the people in charge of the new recycling system and have had the following communication from them Dear Edwina, Armand, Thank you for your e-mails. The general policy is to issue a box and the 3 reusable sacks, however Cory have said that in certain, restricted locations it will be operationally difficult to service such containment and as an interim solution we have agreed that they will issue disposable sacks at their expense to ensure a recycling service is maintained. A letter of explanation to residents and delivery of the sacks has been agreed with them. The number of properties affected are unknown at this stage but likely to be around 1,000. We are trying to avoid a two tier collection system and have said to Cory that there must be exceptional circumstances to warrant use of disposable sacks. We understand the situation you describe is causing problems and going forward we need to consider whether it is better to continue to use disposable sacks or alternatively develop and establish alternative solutions e.g. ‘mini’ recycling points in the locations affected, and this will require local consultation. I have picked up on the recent e-mails addressed to Esther and see that a meeting is being arranged to discuss the matter. Some of the properties I mention are in the Looe & Polperro area but it is not restricted to these locations. Hopefully the use of disposable sacks in the restricted location areas will address the issues but we do need to assess these on a case by case basis. We have instructed Cory to revisit locations and recover boxes and sacks left out where it is obvious that they are holiday homes. Esther will liaise with all concerned regarding the meeting. Regards Mike