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Conservatives Turn Down Plea To Tidy Up Southam Recycling Centre
November 14, 2007 5:24 PM
Local Liberal Democrats from around Southam have failed in their bid to get the Conservative run Stratford District Council to better manage the recycling centre based in the Council's Wood Street car park in the centre of Southam.
Lib Dem Campaigner Chris Moir at Southam Recycling Centre
At a Council meeting on Monday (12 November) to debate new waste collection arrangements, Councillors Andrew Patrick and Nigel Rock put a motion forward to improve information to the public and management of the site. Local Liberal Democrat, Chris Moir from Bishops Itchington said "This is the collection point for many villages around Southam and the central place we can take plastics to have them recycled. The Wood Street car park is frequently a mess because the collections don't keep pace with the public's enthusiasm for recycling."
Nigel Rock (Lib Dem - Stockton and Napton) said "I am astounded that the Conservatives voted down sensible proposals to improve how this, and other sites around the district, are operated. All we were asking for was better information to the public so that they would squash the bottles and not mix up the different sorts of plastic, a review of the number of wheeled containers and the collection frequency."
Andrew Patrick (Lib Dem - Harbury and Bishop Itchington) said " For a public maintained car park this site is often an eyesore because the plastic bins are overflowing and stacked up around them with excess bags and bottles. Surely the Council can do better than this"
During the debate John Appleton (Conservative, Southam) speaking on behalf of the three Southam Conservative councillors, said that he was unaware of any direct public concerns and had had no complaints. He went on to say that he had only heard the Town Council complaining about it.
The vote was lost with all Conservatives voting against, with the Lib Dems and Independent voting in favour.
More Details:
The Wood Street car park in the Southam is owned and operated by Stratford District Council and is one of six sites for the collection of plastics. Plastics are not currently collected at the kerbside. The other sides are at:
- the Bell Inn, Alderminster;
- School Avenue car park, Priors Piors;
- Morrisons car park, Stratford-upon-Avon;
- Tesco car park, Stratford-upon-Avon;
- Norgren social club,Shipston on Stour.
The text of the motion refused by the Conservative Council was:
"This council, while welcoming the progress already made in recycling, notes the pressing need to further reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and the desire of the public to participate in recycling. Council therefore called on the Executive:
-To ensure that cardboard and plastic's collections are included in the next refuse collection contract;
And until the new contract takes effect:
- To introduce a neighbourhood collection points, including plastics and cardboard,
- And to conduct a review of the effectiveness of existing district council collection of sites, with regard to nuisance tidiness, hygiene, the level of demand, number and size of receptacles, and clarity of signage."
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