Dirty local politics
A letter dropped on the doormat yesterday. If you live on an estate (that’s council, not country), you may have had something similar.
RE: Proposed Removal of Recycling Bins on [road]
I am writing to inform you that we have received several complaints regarding the misuse of recycling bins on [estate]; due to the area round the bins becoming an eyesore. Currently we have placed this area on our weekend hot spot list and therefore a lorry removes all items round the bins on a Saturday morning. During the week the cleaner also has been instructed to ensure this area is tidy. Despite these efforts users of the recycling bins are constantly leaving recycling items outside the bins causing an eyesore.
We would like to offer an opportunity for residents who live near where the bins are situated to voice their opinion on this issue of whether they will be in favour of the bins being removed.
Yours faithfully
I live about 5 houses away, less than fifty yards. Overleaf there’s a few lines of space for me to fill in my views (and it would appear that I may not continue on a separate sheet…). It would be a waste of space, I guess, to use them to comment on the death of the comma in local govermnent communications. So,
I am not in favour of their removal. My 4-year-old puts her rubbish in the bin. Are we now outsourcing recycling policy in Hackney to a few slobs who can’t even manage that?
But maybe I’m just an old idealist. Can you come up with something better? You’ve got 2 sentences, 3 short ones tops, and an impeccably left-liberal brief. I may even nick yours; the posting deadline is Monday.
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ha ha!
With Hackney Council, it is often worth pointing out the obvious. I suggest:
“If the bins are removed, even more rubbish will be lefy somewhere on Hackney roads, and even less recycled. Keep the bins.”
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Those recycling bins are still there. Is it too early to proclaim victory: http://is.gd/8ff
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