Non-Believer Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 16 minutes ago, Amadeus said: Yes Has this been implemented by central Govt or is it a DCC initiative, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: Has this been implemented by central Govt or is it a DCC initiative, please? DCC and initiative in the same sentence , seek help. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Omobono Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 4 hours ago, Amadeus said: so what has happened to the national Holocaust service that was generally organised by government and involved school children and many local groups and not just the jewish community ? something else gone by the way side 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 A revised waste management scheme that included moving to fortnightly black bin collections made savings of £177,000 in it's first year, Douglas City Council has confirmed. The scrapping of weekly collections took place in September 2022, following the introduction of a garden waste service that summer. The council previously confirmed recycling rates had quadrupled and a review of the new system has since shown a reduction in costs for disposal at the incinerator. Douglas councillor Falk Horning said the savings were "bigger than anticipated" and some of the funds would be reinvested to improve the service. The amount paid by the local authority to dispose of waste at the incinerator reduced from £1,001,182 between October 2021 and September 2022 to £803,523 over the same period the following year. Although the garden waste charge jumped by about £20,000 over the 12-month period, the combined savings totalled £177,195. The council had originally estimated the switch would save £25,000 annually. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 now we wait for the prices at the incinerator to go up 25% then. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 1 hour ago, John Wright said: A revised waste management scheme that included moving to fortnightly black bin collections made savings of £177,000 in it's first year, Douglas City Council has confirmed. The scrapping of weekly collections took place in September 2022, following the introduction of a garden waste service that summer. The council previously confirmed recycling rates had quadrupled and a review of the new system has since shown a reduction in costs for disposal at the incinerator. Douglas councillor Falk Horning said the savings were "bigger than anticipated" and some of the funds would be reinvested to improve the service. The amount paid by the local authority to dispose of waste at the incinerator reduced from £1,001,182 between October 2021 and September 2022 to £803,523 over the same period the following year. Although the garden waste charge jumped by about £20,000 over the 12-month period, the combined savings totalled £177,195. The council had originally estimated the switch would save £25,000 annually. Well done Douglas Council. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) These are just numbers spouted to show look how good the decision was, I would of thought all of the recycling would of caused the boxes to be over flowing and have increased the need for weekly collections of recycling. Sorry since they are marking their own homework and I do not trust them the numbers are bound to show a success, and what is happening to all the plastic and paper not seen any increase of trailers leaving the service centre. In fact is it cost effective to ship or are they getting money to burn the bales to keep the incinerator running at optimum temperature. 👹 Edited June 16 by Dirty Buggane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 42 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: These are just numbers spouted to show look how good the decision was, I would of thought all of the recycling would of caused the boxes to be over flowing and have increased the need for weekly collections of recycling. Sorry since they are marking their own homework and I do not trust them the numbers are bound to show a success, and what is happening to all the plastic and paper not seen any increase of trailers leaving the service centre. In fact is it cost effective to ship or are they getting money to burn the bales to keep the incinerator running at optimum temperature. 👹 Actually the numbers make sense. The recycling infrastructure was already in place, so if there's more recycling collected, the number of collections will remain the same, there will just be more picked up. There will be an increase in cost but it will be a lot less that proportional. But the drop in gate fees will be proportional as it's by weight. The recycling by weight will be mostly glass and cans/metal and that won't burn. Similarly the garden waste is often cheaper to dispose of by composting than burning. Paper and plastic may be another issue, these things really need to be continuously audited to see what is currently the best option financially and ecologically. But I'm fairly certain that doesn't happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Yeah the great compost heap at Ballaghton Nursery's. May be worth asking why they are still buying in compost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiolistner Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 5 hours ago, Moghrey Mie said: Well done Douglas Council. Funnily enough though they don't count the cost of the 4,200 new green waste bins they bought for around £100K into tany of these “savings” though making them typical local authority “savings” which probably aren’t savings at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiolistner Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 4 hours ago, Dirty Buggane said: These are just numbers spouted to show look how good the decision was. Not least the 4,200 new bins they bought which they seem to have forgotten about. The cost was around £100K. https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/douglas-council-hail-success-of-green-waste-collection-scheme-666629 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Interesting conversation on IOM news & politics,seems DBC have been out spraying weed killers in lanes etc to tidy up all the weeds etc. However the biosphere brigade are up,in arms as they’re using toxic sprays and damaging wildlife & could upset dogs sniffing pavements etc !! someone accused them of destroying a wrens nest & Corrin said it should be a police matter 😂 People whine about the weeds and when they’re killed another lot whine they’ve been killed!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) It all depends on which way the whine is blowing 😬 Edited June 16 by Dirty Buggane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Ruling against DBC in the bins in office saga! https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/douglas-council-wrong-for-banning-resident-from-contacting-them/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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