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It really isn't that complicated. This @LGAcomms thread is awful https://twitter.com/LGAcomms/status/1253646831801774080?s=19
Here's the central excuse - staff absence https://twitter.com/LGAcomms/status/1253646838802059265?s=19
So Councils can't open waste sites because of a lack of staff. Except they closed them as a lockdown measure, it wasn't forced on them by lack of staffing.
Bear in mind that supermarkets, DIY stores and general stores remain open. They have the same staffing issues. And opening up isn't about staffing say @LGAcomms https://twitter.com/LGAcomms/status/1253646843583619084?s=19
Councils could open - perhaps on a book a slot basis at first - or they could use commercial operators to collect bulk refuse (worth noting that commercial bulk refuse sites haven't closed)
What's evident is that, because Councils have no commercial incentive to open (quite the reverse), they have applied zero thought or consideration to how they might open safely.
The result is:
1. More fly tipping - watch for stern council press releases
2. More bonfires - councils now issuing finger-wagging statements telling people off for setting bonfires
Just open the tips.
1. More fly tipping - watch for stern council press releases
2. More bonfires - councils now issuing finger-wagging statements telling people off for setting bonfires
Just open the tips.
