| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:A reply to Guy about the Brentford Dock restriction and more | |
| Posted by: | Guy Lambert | |
| Date/Time: | 21/01/23 12:48:00 |
| Nobody who is employed by Hounslow Council prune hedges and other greenery, as you say. Your understanding of this rivals your understanding of recycling! Depending where they are 'pruning' anyone pruning will work either for Hounslow Highways (a private company) or perhaps a sub contractor, or possibly for Lampton (an independent company owned by the council). They will be more likely to get a medal than reprimanded! Nobody rationally fears representing 'scallywags' in fear of possible sacking. We have fined about 300 'scallywags' -usually £300 - over the last few months and issued about 200 additional warnings. We also have the police on the matter and an external enforcement company who concentrate on small issues (fag ends, gum, individual bits of litter) and this has increased a lot over the last couple of years. One of the areas of close attention is CHR and fly tipping is reducing greatly over the last year - quite am lot of it perpetrated by businesses who prefer not to pay their contractors but dump stuff on the street (though we want to decrease a lot more). We are also promoting our Recycle360 Commercial waste service which has won many customers in the last few months since they started last summer. They are much more professional than most of the commercial providers who in some cases turn up only when they feel like it. |