Calls for action after Bristol students' rubbish 'left to fester'

“Maybe you should find out if the so called 'students' you mention in your article are actually students. Rubbish can build up outside homes for any number of reasons, for example if a room or multiple rooms are being cleared out for redecorating or if the house is having renovation or structural work performed on the interior or exterior. Sometimes a landlord is in full communication with the tenants during this kind of work and action is taken to remove any unwanted debris, although admittedly this can take longer than some residents find comfortable.

Have you ever thought of knocking on the door of a house you find to be troubling you and discussing the issue personally with the tenants or does complaining to somebody else and having a news story, that's completely based on lies, make it to the front page of your local paper's website make you feel that little bit better?

These issues could easily be solved over a cup of tea :)”

“all the recycling goes into the same lorry regardless of whether its the green or black bin. Ive never had recycling left because ive not sorted it. If i did the green bin would be overflowing and the black have empty. Well done to May gurney for having some common sense”

“May Gurney teams do a great job in Bristol and North Somerset. Most of the problems with delays on rounds and problems with contents of the bins is down to the public not sorting their rubbish correctly. In North Somerset, advice notes are put in bins to remind residents about what should be in which bin. Plastic and tins can be put in the same box because machinery at the recycling depot separates these items, paper and cardboard in another. Food kept separately. But you would be astonished at what a state the food bins are in. The recycling teams work hard for little thanks. I cannot understand though why May Gurney uses a different collection box system in Bristol to that in North Somerset?”

“May Gurney teams do a great job in Bristol and North Somerset. Most of the problems with delays on rounds and problems with contents of the bins is down to the public not sorting their rubbish correctly. In North Somerset, advice notes are put in bins to remind residents about what should be in which bin. Plastic and tins can be put in the same box because machinery at the recycling depot separates these items, paper and cardboard in another. Food kept separately. But you would be astonished at what a state the food bins are in. The recycling teams work hard for little thanks. I cannot understand though why May Gurney uses a different collection box system in Bristol to that in North Somerset?”

“May Gurney teams do a great job in Bristol and North Somerset. Most of the problems with delays on rounds and problems with contents of the bins is down to the public not sorting their rubbish correctly. In North Somerset, advice notes are put in bins to remind residents about what should be in which bin. Plastic and tins can be put in the same box because machinery at the recycling depot separates these items, paper and cardboard in another. Food kept separately. But you would be astonished at what a state the food bins are in. The recycling teams work hard for little thanks. I cannot understand though why May Gurney uses a different collection box system in Bristol to that in North Somerset?”

“The students should be following the rules but the Council could make things a lot easier, both with house collections and tips, but also being more flexible when it comes to houses with high occupancy rates.”

“As far as i am aware there is no law that says you have to recycle which is why no one has ever been fined. I dont think up and down the country it is only students just the people who are too lazy to spend a few minutes a day going through what they have used. I do think that maybe they need to simplify the system which may encourage people to do it as in Devon they use a big black bin for non recycle items like we do but they then only use a brown version of the bin that you put all your recycle items in which is then sorted out at the recycling centres. By doing something similar it might be easier and cheaper long term as currently the bin men spent x amount of time on each house putting the right platic etc in the correct part of the lorry and anything falling out the little green bin is left to blow down the street and when they take it back to the recycling centres it still gets checked to make sure none of the wrong items were put in.”

“Most of the students around here could probably employ a 'little man' to sort sort it for them.”

“Something needs to be done about people who do not recycle it's true, it does not take a brain cell to quickly sort the rubbish. May Gurney do a good job in my area and have been known to empty my bins when i forget to put them out (normally located just inside the boundary).

As for the comment made by Mr Male about it not being the tenants fault but the landlords, I am unable to work out how you come to this conculsion. Does he expect the landlords to go in and sort through the rubbish and pop round each week to ensure that it goes out? Those who rent the properties are responsible for things like putting their rubbihs out and they should be subjected to any fines or anything that comes in to place. Though should they fail to put their rubbish out and it leads to unsanitary conditions then evict the, as it would probably be a breach in the tenacy agrement.”

“I love the poll on the right:

Should more be done to make student households recycle?


Why single out students? ALL households should be encouraged to dispose of their waste responsibly.”