Council statistics on fly-tipping have revealed a damning indictment of Sheffield City Council’s waste strategy. According to Council’s own figures, fly-tipping in parks and public spaces is set to almost treble next year. The revelation comes as an embarrassment to Labour councillors who masterminded the changes to Sheffield City Council’s waste service. The new strategy [...]
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Councillors trash recycling centre policy as problems persist
Councillors on Sheffield City Council are demanding a change in policy as problems persist at Blackstock Road recycling centre. Liberal Democrat councillors are tabling a motion at the next monthly meeting of the Council (Wed 3rd Oct, 14:00), calling on the Council to think again. In June, council figures revealed that Blackstock Road, which was [...]
Labour councillors back ‘favoured areas’ policy for city’s recycling centres
Labour councillors on Sheffield City Council voted yesterday to back a ‘favoured areas’ policy for the city’s five recycling centres. In a vote at yesterday’s full council meeting, Labour councillors voted to uphold the proposed opening hours, which will see the most popular site in the city closed three days a week. Under Labour’s plan, [...]
New figures show most popular recycle centre hit hardest by Labour plan
New figures obtained by opposition councillors on Sheffield City Council have added further woe to the Council’s plan to cut hours at recycling centres. The figures reveal that the Blackstock Road site receives the highest tonnage of recyclables of any of Sheffield’s five household waste recycling centres. However, under the plan put forward by Labour [...]
Stinging rebuke in recycling centres debate as ‘favoured areas’ policy trashed
Labour-run Sheffield City Council were given a stinging rebuke as it was revealed that there was no evidence to support their ‘favoured areas’ policy for recycling centres. Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, Leader of the Lib Dem Group wrote to the Labour Council Leader yesterday, to ask that she reconsider cuts in recycling centre opening hours following [...]
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