Spooner Row Message Board

Date: Aug 6, 2016

Recycling Centre Wymondham

Date: Aug 6, 2016

Yes, they do seem to be very much of a "controlling" nature down there. You would perhaps do better at the Dereham tip just close to Roys store. Wymondham tip was closed this afternoon for a short time while a new skip was being installed but nothing was being done very quickly ! As you can guess, several cars had begun to queue along the narrow lane as the notice was only placed by the skips and not further along the lane. It is news to me about burning wood which is not always practical for people. Good luck with the response to your e-mail !

Date: Aug 7, 2016

There seems to be a general attitude of 'we are doing you a favour' by letting us take our waste to that site rat than you have paid for this service (which is actually common across most Sndc services of late). I go to kettringham now (where I took a boot full of wood only last week with no issue)

Date: Aug 7, 2016

Given up on Wymondham a long time ago as they are never very helpful. I go the Kettringham now as they are more helpful

Date: Aug 7, 2016

I can't believe the council's recycling centre's advice was to burn the wood rather than recycle it. Bonfire smoke is a health hazard and can be considered as anti-social behaviour.

Date: Aug 8, 2016

Burning treated, painted or varnished wood would land you in trouble with Environment Health for pollution.

We've encountered the 'jobsworth' attitude at Wymondham too!

It's no wonder that our countryside is awash with rubbish, SNDC need to wake up to the fact that households producing rubbish/recycling is not going to go away and better they make it possible for people to dispose of easily and responsibily.

Date: Aug 8, 2016

The re cycling centre is run by individuals who want to recycle goods and make money. Give them something they do not wnat or cannot re cycle and it is amazing how all of a sudden a policy emerges ( out of the woodwork !!). That is of course unless you are a commercial trader where a backhander will suddenly enable a blind eye to used when commercial waste is being tipped. Garden waste from a similar source I have seen being dumped in massive quantities.

Recycling costs money and burning waste is not a viable or environmentally friendly route. As we have hardly any enforcemnetn officers left at South norfolk despite a hike in you rates it will never get actioned anyway unless you do it time and time again.

So who is to blame ? The Governemtn of course but they hide behind the cuts and the County are left to try a fudge a solution and they get the balme.

Try to get a pothole fixed.

There at least six in the village which will damage cars. Same issue. No money from Govt but County getting it in the neck.

As we head staright into another recession it will get worse

Date: Aug 9, 2016

You are cheerful arent you...

Date: Aug 9, 2016

Whether or not the previous poster is cheerful, what they have said makes a lot of sense.

Why has no one reported that "massive quantities" are being dumped at the local centre by commercial traders ?

Date: Aug 12, 2016

I have received replies to my email from NCC Cllr Foulger and the Household Waste Officer (see email below). I have been informed that NCC policy is for one large item of wood or a 80 litre sack at Wymondham. I am awaiting a reply from SNC Cllr J Hornby regarding the burning of wood, which was the advice given at Wymondham's recycling centre.

Thank you for your recent comments about Wymondham Recycling Centre that you have raised with your local councillors. Cllr Foulger has passed this onto me in the waste team to address.

Re. policy of DIY waste disposal at Norfolk’s recycling centre

I understand that on your visit to Wymondham you were only allowed to deposit one piece of wood. This is because we restrict the amount of DIY waste that residents can dispose of at main recycling centres to the equivalent of one 80 litre sack or one large item per week (for example one door, one kitchen unit, a toilet, a bath tub). DIY waste is classed as anything fixed or fitted to your property.

Under current government legislation DIY waste is classed as ‘construction and demolition’ waste which falls under the category of industrial waste and is therefore not something we legally have to accept. It is as a concession that a small amount can be disposed of each week for free. We also provide at the eight plus sites a ‘pay as your throw’ facility where residents can dispose of additional amounts of DIY waste for a charge, dependant on their load. The nearest site to Wymondham offering this service would be Ketteringham.

Alternatives disposal options do exist for DIY waste and for larger projects hiring of a skip may be more economic for the householder.

I do understand residents frustrations with our policy, in particular when disposing of wood. There is a considerable cost in disposing of this material and if we were to accept unlimited amounts of DIY waste at our sites Norfolk’s tax bill could be expected to increase significantly and in this current climate is not a service we are able to offer.

In your original email to Cllr Foulger you mentioned that on your visit last Friday there was a sign on the wood skip ‘bin not in use’. Wymondham has two containers that are accessed by those yellow steps, the timber bin and the scrap metal bin. These bins are always ‘in use’ as they are the bins for this material and on most sites use the ‘bin not in use’ signs for spare bins – since we don’t have any spare bins at Wymondham I am a little confused. To my knowledge the site was not at capacity for wood last week nor would they stop accepting a material stream without permission from their supervisor or the Council. I will contact the site when it reopens on Friday to investigate this.

Re. policy on trade waste and vans on site

As a very rural county we have taken the decision not to restrict the type of vehicle residents are allowed to use to access a recycling centre. Some other local authorities implement permit schemes for the use of vans and trailers on their sites, but presently we do not in Norfolk. In April 2016 a trade waste scheme was introduced at 7 recycling centre in Norfolk, but at all other sites, Wymondham included, trade waste is not to be accepted.

Our procedure is that staff should approach vans and users with unusual or large loads and question the origin of the waste. If they are suspicious as to where the waste has come from they should ask the depositor to complete a trade waste disclaimer form. This form is a legal declaration that depositor has to make before we allow them to deposit what they state is household waste. These forms are sent to my team to investigate. If the depositor confirms it is trade waste, then our staff should ask them to leave. I will speak with our supervisor at this site to ensure that our procedures are being followed.

I hope that I have answered your questions, please come back to me if you would like to discuss the matter further.

Kind regards

Jess

Jess King

Household Waste Officer

Community and Environmental Services

Norfolk County Council

T. 01603 638060

E. Jessica.king@norfolk.gov.uk

Website www.norfolk.gov.uk/recyclingcentres for more information.