March 2024 Stats

A quick look at what we did in March

The costings are in part based on NSDC published budgetary figures for street cleaning and on average figures for fly tip clearance. If I get any further clarity I will amend and re-issue.

As with all things the human cost is the one to limit. The nominal figure of £3700.00 is charged out at £70.00 for picking and £35.00 for the various admin tasks like cleaning the recyclables and transport to and from various recycling points.

So, the numbers published are “what ifs” rather than hard and fast budgetary items. We are far too small and lack the accommodation to sort and store tonnes of recyclables so we will never be able to sell any of what we collect. The satisfaction remains taking out eight-year-old cans and glass and getting them downstream.

What I can say is that we have saved Newark and Sherwood District Council (NSDC) and the Bilsthorpe Parish Council (BPC) money.

I understand that our general waste is sold to an incinerator in Sheffield, so it does not end up in land fill. I morally object to anyone exporting UK rubbish for someone else to deal with.

I believe that aluminium can and glass recycling work well locally but the abomination that plastic recycling is and the lies we have all been told leads me doubt if any of the plastics get reused. Having spoken with the team at the Bilsthorpe Tip I know that we have a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)as a first port of call for everything that is sent to the tip. My confidence what happens downstream of the MRF is non-existent.

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