Breeding Bins October 4, 2007
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Camden , trackbackDespite constant refusal to provide a doorstep recycling service in Somers Town, Camden Council seems intent on covering every spare outdoor space with ‘mini-recycling facilities’ – a few big black bins into which the tall and enthusiastic can throw their carefully separated and collected recyclables. The newest set mysteriously appeared earlier this week in the small paved, treed area between Brook and Cranleigh Houses in Cranleigh St.
It will be helpful for some, I suppose. Anyone who doesn’t feel like walking fifty metres to the overflowing Eversholt St bins, or a similar distance to the ones in Werrington St will be able to use them here. That might mean the Eversholt St bins won’t get quite so full, but is it likely to encourage anyone who doesn’t already recycle to do so? Certainly not the disabled lady downstairs, or the elderly one in the next set of flats who struggle to get their ordinary rubbish into the bin room, let alone halfway down the street and into a high bin, piece by piece. Putting a bottle bank within a few metres of bedrooms seems a little unfair as well.
It is time Camden looked again at recycling bags in this area. They could easily be hung on the railings on collection days, and seem to work well in Holburn where they have been used for at least a year now. Turning Somers Town into one big bin-site isn’t the answer.
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