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It’s a Skip Eat Skip World
Is nothing sacred? Somehow, thieves have stolen a council skip placed to help residents get rid of household waste left uncollected because of the snow.
The large yellow skip was placed at Shaw, north Manchester so people living in side roads which waste trucks had not able to reach could empty their rubbish. But when residents arrived on Monday they discovered it had been stolen over the weekend.
Cllr Mark Alcock, environment spokesman, said: “Whoever took this skip would have needed a specialist truck to take it away.
“We are currently checking nearby CCTV cameras to see if such a vehicle has been seen in the area.
“If the thieves are tracked down then they will be prosecuted.
“It is very disappointing. People are doing so much to help others while some selfish individuals are helping themselves.”
Sad times. Whoever did this had access to a skip wagon – so there will be a skip firm somewhere who is responsible for this. Guys, let’s clean up skip hire and get rid of these cowboys who continue to dirty the name of our industry.
February 20, 2010 at 8:17 am | Back Issues of "The Skip" | No comment
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2010 Cold Snap: Skip Hire Ploughs On
Just a quick word of congrats to Skip Hire companies across the UK. Although some places were hit by the sudden snowfall than others, I was heartened to see plenty of skip wagons on the road regardless of the weather. In fact saw this lovely little pic of a skip covered in snow, and thought it was a good symbol of our hardwork throughout the bad weather. Well done guys!
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Boris Introduces New Recycling Scheme
Love him or hate him, blonde haired, bumbling, posho Boris Johnson wants to introduce a new scheme to the UK which rewards recycling efforts by handing out shopping vouchers to people.
Boris Johnson hopes the scheme rewards recycling households as he aims to cut the amount of rubbish going to landfill sites to zero within 15 years.
Johnson is backing a London-based trial of an American scheme called Recycle Bank, which gives householders shopping vouchers or donations to charity to the value of how much they recycle.
Johnson estimates a typical London household would make £14 a month under the scheme, one of a series of proposals contained in a draft municipal waste strategy.
Figures show the capital’s recycling rates lags behind both the rest of the UK and other international cities.
Johnson, who chairs the London Waste and Recycling Board, wants to save £90m per year through more recycling, better coordination and greater investment in less polluting technologies to either dispose of waste or convert it into a local source of energy.
Just 25% of the 4m tonnes of household waste generated each year by Londoners is recycled, with half going to landfill sites. The remainder goes to incinerators.
The cost of managing this waste is approximately £600m every year, with wide variations between boroughs’ recycling rates.
Johnson is writing to all London borough leaders to ask them to redouble their efforts in recycling and – with landfill rates set to increase from current associated costs of around £245m to £307m by 2013 – reminding them of pressure on future council tax bills if they fail to act.
The Tory mayor believes the carrot, rather than the stick, should be among the strategies applied to improve London’s ranking by rewarding those who opt to recycle rather than imposing penalties on those who don’t.
The American Recycle Bank scheme is in line with Conservative interest in the “nudge” theories of American sociologists Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, and has so far been adopted by Tory-led Windsor and Maidenhead council.
Other incentives to reduce landfill include schemes to encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable bags in an attempt to turn London into Britain’s first plastic bag-free city in time for the Olympics in 2012.
The mayor wants the capital to be recycling at least 45% of its municipal waste (which includes street litter, grass cuttings and some waste from small businesses as well as household waste) by 2015, rising to 60% by 2031, sending “zero municipal waste” directly to landfill by 2025, with any residue from other waste processing being banned from landfill by 2031.
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“The Skip” Issue 55 February 2010
Check out the February 2010 edition
In this issue the Legal Eagle advises us to be cautious this winter especially on sites! Our Enviroman gets his teeth into politicians and red tape that is produced (is it one of our greatest exports?) and the Garbage Guru talks screens and fines!
Nice winter skip chick and plenty of hunks add a bit of colour to the pages
Oh and will landfills get banned?
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