| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Stirling Road Recycling Centre | |
| Posted by: | Bruce Hammal | |
| Date/Time: | 23/02/21 15:14:00 |
| Philippa just for reference my parents lived on a council estate all their lives and I grew up on what is now regarded as one of the worst examples of its kind. Back in the 50s though, while there were some bad apples, and you had to know when to fight and when to run, people took care of each other, most of the men worked in heavy industry which is now all gone and most of the kids came home for lunch prepared by their mothers who were happy to call themselves housewives. I went to a Grammar School and then on to university as did my siblings and none of it cost us a penny. So yes, I remember how things used to be - and not just through reading about it! I don't actually understand the rest of your post. Are you saying that Civic Amenities have to be sacrificed to make way for more housing? That's a valid opinion, but honestly you'll have to explain to me what is meant by "affordable" housing. Precious little of what I see going up round here qualifies as that. As to my more prosaic observations about getting rid of unwanted stuff; my beef with Nextdoor is the number of people I have come across who say they want something then fail to turn up to collect. That is very annoying, so I will certainly investigate trash nothing. More immediately I have just today taken delivery of a large mirrored bathroom cabinet. I would appreciate your advice on what to do with the mass of heavy duty cardboard and acres of polystyrene I am left with. Rather than go to the dump I usually cut up the cardboard into manageable pieces and get rid of it over several weeks of kerbside collections. However what are my options with the polystyrene? That is one item I do take to the dump - and I doubt if there's an alternative. If only there was legislation to ensure that every piece of packing material had to be easily recyclable then maybe we wouldn't need so many Civic Amenity sites. |