Great investigation, thank you Mark, Pippa! Makes me wonder what happens to our domestic waste too. I'm very surprised your tracker didn't end up in the Wandle after the bin liner gets ripped open by foxes and it joins the rest of the waste on the streets of the borough.
Thank you Mark and Pippa et al for this video🎥. 😊 It's disappointing to watch, but worthwhile. Sadly, it's what I always suspected.😟 I was thinking about asking a question under FoI on the percentage and volumes collected from these bins, being recycled to Merton, but I see it would have been a totally pointless exercise⛹.
People in Merton can't even use a bin.. Merton council needs to start employing proper enforcement officers that use camera's for regular fly tipping areas, actually patrol areas that get rubbish dumped regularly.. we all know certain streets have it.. Once people get the message that they use a bin.. then they might be given the task to recycle.. if they don't then they need to fine. Council's run on money.. and so far this council is lax about enforcement.
And the findings would be that it is a national problem where we, the great general public, cannot use one of these dual bins properly. The recycling will always be contaminated and it is a waste of time having separate chambers. Just imagine, the recycling bin has been used correctly and is full of good recyclate, but just before the employee comes to remove the bag and replace it, one person who can't finish their kebab puts the remains in the recycling half. The whole lot is contaminated and will be disposed of. That's all it takes. A follow up investigation would be to seek permission to audit the contents of the blue recycling bag over a month and therefore understand what the issue is with contamination and why the bags go off for incineration and why the employee puts a green waste bag on each chamber as they know from frustrating experience the public treat each half the same. Then come up with ideas of how the great general public can avoid contaminating on the go recycling bins. There's a challenge for Merton TV.
MRFs ( Materials Recovery Facilities) exists to remove any contamination and separate the different streams of recycling. An audit has been done (albeit without the company doing it knowing Veolia are colourblind when it comes to bag lines due to the Council's policy of sending both sides to the incinerator). A further two were always planned, which will show different results now Veolia have been instructed to use the correct liner on the correct side. 20 new bins have been sited in Wimbledon Town Centre, collecting just empty plastic drinks bottles and cans. A further 30 will be added expanding the area to Wimbledon Village too. The problem Merton (and SLWP South London Waste Partnership) has is they signed up to a contract with the incinerator to feed it waste (regardless of whether the contents is Residual waste or recycling). SLWP have no control over the incinerator as proven when they increased their permit levels by 15% allowing more waste to be burned, more transport journeys through the boroughs and more emissions over residents, schools etc. The incinerator is the single largest Carbon emissions source in the whole of London Borough of Sutton (the borough it is located within) their desire to be carbon neutral will have a huge impact on their relationship with the incinerator they funded to build.
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Well done you all for putting that together!! Utterly appalling!
Great investigation, thank you Mark, Pippa! Makes me wonder what happens to our domestic waste too. I'm very surprised your tracker didn't end up in the Wandle after the bin liner gets ripped open by foxes and it joins the rest of the waste on the streets of the borough.
Thank you Mark and Pippa et al for this video🎥. 😊 It's disappointing to watch, but worthwhile. Sadly, it's what I always suspected.😟 I was thinking about asking a question under FoI on the percentage and volumes collected from these bins, being recycled to Merton, but I see it would have been a totally pointless exercise⛹.
Well done Mark and Pippa. They are the limit. Baker can't even spell coincide.
People in Merton can't even use a bin.. Merton council needs to start employing proper enforcement officers that use camera's for regular fly tipping areas, actually patrol areas that get rubbish dumped regularly.. we all know certain streets have it.. Once people get the message that they use a bin.. then they might be given the task to recycle.. if they don't then they need to fine. Council's run on money.. and so far this council is lax about enforcement.
merton needs to collect and accept rubbish
Fabulous Mark and Pippa.
And the findings would be that it is a national problem where we, the great general public, cannot use one of these dual bins properly. The recycling will always be contaminated and it is a waste of time having separate chambers. Just imagine, the recycling bin has been used correctly and is full of good recyclate, but just before the employee comes to remove the bag and replace it, one person who can't finish their kebab puts the remains in the recycling half. The whole lot is contaminated and will be disposed of. That's all it takes. A follow up investigation would be to seek permission to audit the contents of the blue recycling bag over a month and therefore understand what the issue is with contamination and why the bags go off for incineration and why the employee puts a green waste bag on each chamber as they know from frustrating experience the public treat each half the same. Then come up with ideas of how the great general public can avoid contaminating on the go recycling bins. There's a challenge for Merton TV.
MRFs (
Materials Recovery Facilities) exists to remove any contamination and separate the different streams of recycling.
An audit has been done (albeit without the company doing it knowing Veolia are colourblind when it comes to bag lines due to the Council's policy of sending both sides to the incinerator). A further two were always planned, which will show different results now Veolia have been instructed to use the correct liner on the correct side.
20 new bins have been sited in Wimbledon Town Centre, collecting just empty plastic drinks bottles and cans. A further 30 will be added expanding the area to Wimbledon Village too.
The problem Merton (and SLWP South London Waste Partnership) has is they signed up to a contract with the incinerator to feed it waste (regardless of whether the contents is Residual waste or recycling). SLWP have no control over the incinerator as proven when they increased their permit levels by 15% allowing more waste to be burned, more transport journeys through the boroughs and more emissions over residents, schools etc.
The incinerator is the single largest Carbon emissions source in the whole of London Borough of Sutton (the borough it is located within) their desire to be carbon neutral will have a huge impact on their relationship with the incinerator they funded to build.