THE COUNCIL has made it ‘compulsory’ for householders in Swindon to recycle their rubbish.

This was agreed as part of Euclid Street’s waste strategy to improve the recycling rates in town.

The Adver asked the readers what they think about this new reform and here is what they said:

Rachael Cordy: “I recycle what I can but I have an ongoing problem with people in my street putting their rubbish in my wheelie bin on the evening before collection day (I probably fill two to three bin bags a fortnight).”

Dave Durston: “Good, but I’m not too excited about the new food waste recycling, I draw the line at having rotting food sitting in my kitchen and garden for up to a week, in these heatwave we are getting that bin is going to pong a bit!”

Claire Lovell: “They say about people doing the recycling right. But why can’t they get the wardens to come and pick up people’s household things for free? When we pay a warden fee. You see lots of things being dump on the side of the roads from people fly-tipping. Makes no sense.”

Tony Haimes: “Been asking for recycling boxes since we moved in back in 2005 still waiting for them.”

Hayley-Jayne Njie: “Can the council please explain how it recycles our plastics? Like what happens to it once it’s shipped to another country?”

Grace Theobald: “We moved into a new house and the previous owner had taken the recycling boxes and the wheelie bin! Been waiting five weeks for new ones now. SBC is a joke.”

Tam Horton: “You're joking! Wardens don’t even clean the places that they are supposed to do on a daily basis even though people are still charged!” Jane Evans: “Give me the boxes I asked for a month ago then.”

Lilia Chris Carlos-Baker: “Are the crews really going to admit they are responsible for breaking a box or lid? How are we able to prove the box was fine when we put it out and broken when we went to collect it again? Have we got to take a pic before we put them out in case there’s a dispute?”

John Matthews: “Crews show little or no regard for bins and boxes as they are being emptied. Bins just thrown back anywhere, obstructing pavements and driveways. Recycling missing the wagon and strewn over the road. I would suggest they get their own house in order first!”

Amanda Pike: “SBC has made something compulsory that we should all be doing anyway. No change here. Tetrapaks can be recycled at The Core in Old Town.”

Charlotte Pugh: “We didn’t even get a leaflet, helpful right.”

Colin Jones: “Wow so SBC can afford waste wardens full time but refuse to replace school crossing people. So waste is more important than child safety, shame on you.”

Chris Keebs: “We have seven in our household (five children), and we recycle everything the council accepts.

We have to have two wheelie bins (one normal, one small) as one is sometimes not enough over two weeks. So making such blanket demands is not helpful where genuine exceptions exist.”

David Davidson: “ Your recycled plastics will most likely be shipped abroad, producing loads of co2 and then may end up being dumped in the ocean by countries with more relaxed rules. It’s far better to reduce and re-use rather than recycle so the council are going about this all wrong.”