Feb
27
Recycle scheme- load of rubbish!
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Council Recycle Scheme is load of rubbish say nursery bosses.
An eco nursery trying to teach toddlers to “go green” says Blackpool councils recycling arrangements are RUBBISH !
Youngsters at Safehands Green Start, at Blackpool soccer stadium ,in Bloomfield Road, are taught all about environmental issues and the importance of energy conservation from a very early age.
They even have their own special garden where they grow their own herbs and vegetables for the kitchens and where food waste from the nursery goes back as compost.
But despite repeated requests to Blackpool Council environmental department, nursery bosses say that not only can they not get any recycling bins for plastic, glass, paper and cardboard, but the council have told them that even if they had the bins they would not collect them.
“Its absolute nonsense”, said Safehands manager Kate Myers.” They claim that because we are a commercial business and not a household, then all they will collect is the two big-wheeled bins we have here .If the nursery was sited in a semi detached house up the road that presumably would meet the council criteria and be ok.
“We are dedicated to teaching the next generation about green matters and the importance of recycling as much as possible and yet we have to dispose of everything in black bin bags including all our glass and plastic. We have even offered to pay for recycling bins but even if we had them the council would not empty them and we would have to take recyclable rubbish to the nearest centre ourselves.
“I just find it unbelievable that when global warming and its effects are in the news everyday we are just ensuring with this sort of attitude that the young will inherit the mistakes of our generation. Its wrong.”
The youngsters do their best to recycle items within the nursery but then they all have to be bagged and binned for collection in the commercial waste wheelie bins just outside the main Blackpool FC stadium where the super nursery is based. The giant bins are, of course ,too high for youngsters to reach anyway.
“I feel really angry” said nursery worker Joanne Livesey of Squires Gate, whose young son Ellis ,aged 15 months ,attends the Safehands nursery.” We try to recycle everything at home but we cant do anything about it at work. It’s a complete nonsense”.
Safehands, established by husband and wife team Gary and Stephanie Farrer, ten years ago is the UKs leading provider of childcare crèche and babysitting services.
