Stoke-on-Trent council chasing mounting skips debt
Taxpayers owe Stoke-on-Trent City Council around £8.6 million after a continued failure to pay for a whole host of services over a 15 year period.
The authority have now set about trying to claim back the millions of pounds in minor debts from thousands of residents that live across the city.
Much of the money that is owed is down to the authority allowing its residents to use services with the option of settling the bill at a later date. This has forced the council to introduce new policies that force them to pay upfront “wherever possible”.
The hiring of skips is amongst the range of services that the debt covers, which also includes allotments, licensing fees and planning costs and waste collection from businesses.
The council has begun the process of selling off a package of rent, tax and other debts to a debt collection agency in a last-ditch attempt to reclaim them.
Terry Cope, chairman of Greenfields Residents’ Association, said: “It just shows the level of incompetence there has been. Considering they are making cuts all across the city, it’s no wonder people call us Joke-on-Trent.”
The council did not say who owed them the most money, though, it was revealed that the debts have piled up since Stoke-on-Trent gained unitary status in 1997.
Councillor Sarah Hill, cabinet member for finance, said: “It’s now about how we manage it from here on in. We have got to be much more savvy about what we expect of people.”
After changes in the policy, the council have said that collection rates for the debts are steadily improving.
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Waste collection proving unpopular – time for our skip hire Cornwall service?
A new waste collection service in Cornwall has left a couple fuming over the expense and design of the recycling bags and boxes.
The new containers received by Marc and Marianne Postins are part of Cornwall Council’s new waste and recycling strategy that they say will make big savings and streamline the current system.
However, the Postins have said that what they’ve been given is far more than they actually need. Before the changes, they could store their recycling neatly in a corner, but now it takes up far more space in their kitchen.
“As a household we have been recycling for many years and have not had a single problem until now. But have you seen the new stuff they want you to put your waste in?” said Mrs Postins. The volume of all these containers is unbelievable. I really don’t want soggy, old nylon bags in my kitchen. I am more than willing to recycle, I am more than willing to wash the containers but I am not willing to dry the containers or wipe the floor every time I put something in the recycling.”
The council have issued each household with a black box for glass bottles and jars; a blue sack for newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, catalogues, junk mail and white envelopes; a red sack for plastic bottles, drink cans, food tins and aerosols and an orange sack for cardboard, brown paper, coloured paper, wrapping paper and greeting cards. This has been put in place for the residents to sort their recycling, rather than using external skip hire Cornwall services to dispose of the waste in one go and recycle the contents later.
“The new rubbish and recycling contract will save the Council £3 million a year over the course of the eight-year contract,” said a spokesperson for Cornwall Council. Unlike the previous plastic bags used for recycling in homes in the former North Cornwall district, the new recycling equipment has been designed to be waterproof and weather resistant to allow it to be left outside if there is no room indoors.”
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Calling All Skip Hire And Romance Lovers
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
Dont just use your skip hire for getting rid of waste and unwanted items. Be like these cool cats and use it for getting married. Most skip companies will also give you a discount on the second skip for the divorce. Remember though, it might be the second license you’ll need that day!
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Skip hire industry acknowledges a new form of recycling
A UK provider of recycling and environmental technology based in Cambridge have recently attracted some fresh backing for the commercialisation of its technology for the recycling of plastic and aluminium laminate packaging.
Here, at the heart of our busy skip hire head office we were interested to find out that a syndicate of investors have just secured the deal including Cambridge Enterprise, (the university’s commercialised arm) along with business angels from both Cambridge Capital Group and Cambridge Angels.
Though The Cambridge University syndicate have declined to reveal the exact amount raised it is believed to be some serious Wonga!
Thus far plastic/aluminium laminate packaging has been non recyclable; the company’s patented technology offers a new recycling route. This new technology segregates the material into its constituent components providing clean aluminium that can be used as fuel or chemical feedstock.
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Recent skip hire and recycling news reports that Apple now offer cashback and recycling in UK
The new service, currently operated by big company Dataserv, is currently available to anyone in the US but was only offered to Europe recently.
A spokesman for Apple said “Whether it’s an iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC computer, working or not, we’ll take it and determine if it qualifies for reuse and has a monetary value. If it does, the amount will be credited directly into your bank account. If it doesn’t, you can recycle it responsibly through one of our free recycling programmes,”
Once the item looking to be recycled has been valued it can be sent in for a tidy profit and even items with no value can be sent in for free!
This doesn’t mean that this company will take all your waste however when looking to get rid of your old T.V in your skip or using skips and skip hire in general to get rid of things like your fridge-freezer or computer screen there may now be another option. It may also change what skip size you’ll need thus reducing the cost of skip hire.
Makes the saying “Where there’s s*** there’s money” hold true even in this current climate!
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