How do locals feel about their bin services?

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Bristol, routine has long ruled rubbish removal: black wheelie bins are collected every two weeks, while recycling boxes (black and green) and brown food bins arrive weekly. Garden waste, for those signed up, is also cleared fortnightly.

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00:00In Bristol, routine has long ruled rubbish removal.

00:04Black wheelie bings are collected every two weeks

00:07while recycling boxes, black and green, and brown food bins arrive weekly.

00:14Garden waste for those signed up is also cleared fortnightly.

00:18Bristol City Council, yet even the most disciplined residents,

00:22say that they have been hit by the missed pickups, especially for recycling.

00:27Very, because it can get messy quite quickly, particularly with the food bin.

00:31I mean, back home, when I was living at home prior, I moved in.

00:35The bins would be collected semi-regularly, but it's great to see stuff's being recycled

00:39and they have to get in the swing of these things, so you've got to get them some time.

00:44It's pretty good. It's obviously nice to expect for improvement,

00:48but generally, yeah, I think that's pretty good right now.

00:52Areas like Avonmouth, Redland, Westbury-on-Trimm and Henleys

00:56each reported around 200 missed collections last year,

01:01promoting rising frustration among households left to manage overflowing bins themselves.

01:07With Bristol City Council facing tight budgets and rising waste costs,

01:12a bold plan emerged in early 25,

01:14slash black bins collection to every three or even every four weeks,

01:18while keeping recycling and food waste picked up weekly.

01:22The estimated payoff is a £2.3 million yearly saving from four weekly collections,

01:28plus a potential 10% boost in recycling and 60% cut in carbon emissions.

01:35I think it puts some pressure on people to kind of upcycle and reuse.

01:40I think it wouldn't be such a bad thing, but people have to be informed, actually,

01:46there's a lot of stench around, which is a lot of staunch.

01:53I mean, I can't imagine that. It's like being in Birmingham, isn't it?

01:57They've got a problem, issue with that stuff, eh, whatever.

01:59Where I live, it's down on the Bath Road, and all of our bins are on the street.

02:05It's a mess all the time. We've been complaining about it for years.

02:07There's rats everywhere. It stinks.

02:10And there already wasn't enough bin collections,

02:13and there wasn't enough bins for each building, but there's no space for them.

02:16So it was already kind of in...

02:18It was already a bit of a rubbish situation, excuse the pun.

02:22But I think going to three weeks would be enough.

02:26I think people would want to just move out.

02:28I don't think it would be.

02:30I can't see how it could be a good thing for people.

02:32I think probably money-wise for someone it's quite good,

02:34but I think apart from that, I can't see any benefits.

02:37No, no. No, no, absolutely not.

02:40But I don't know anybody who is.

02:41Is anybody saying that it's great?

02:44No, I don't think so.

02:46No, and I certainly don't think anybody is saying,

02:48that my bin collection is great,

02:51and I wish it was only three weeks.

02:55No, I think it sounds rubbish.

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