New Waste Arrangements

I'm confused and annoyed by elements of this thread. 

Does it really matter where the main bins are on a site. A central area with clear and safe access should surely be the main consideration. If near the entrance any refuse collection might be easier but if on the opposite side of the site then a lorry collection should cause no greater inconvenience than a car/caravan or motorhome driving around the site. Lets face it our outfits are fairly sizeable. If you are not capable of walking to the area then drive there, ask a neighbour  or drop it off on your way in/out of the site. The disposal of medical waste and sharps is beyond me. Why would the user of these not have a sharps box for the safe storage and subsequent disposal. Why are they putting others at risk?

Colin

Does it really matter where the main bins are on a site. 

Obviously for some it does but more so for other in  actually using these tall refuse skips and the heavy lid.. 

The local authorities are obliged by law to provide such a service.

Hopefully in due course the bins with a foot bar and /or lever system (as often used abroad) will be introduced.  

Having had Hobson’s Choice of pitch 20 at Wyatts Covert, with a fine view of one motorhome after another emptying their waste tanks just opposite us, it would have been sensible to put that facility outside the entrance as well as the refuse bins.

I'm sure the wildcampers and freeloaders would appreciate that😂😂😂

Tell that to the site staff at Seacroft, as word is getting round the freeloaders that the waste emptying point is accesable out side the barriers

I’m sure they would. On camping car park Aires, which have a barrier, they could not get at the water or grey water dump but could carry their cassettes in and dump refuse in bins outside the barrier. Both of which I assume as paying customers we were helping fund. 😡

I found these bins particularly irksome during 2019. In February that year I helped a disabled friend move out of his rented cottage and into a residential care home. Negotiating the 5 stone steps to the X-Trail, loading and returning umpteen times back up the steps along with dismantling furnishings etc really took its toll. Days later I was unable to safely manoeuvre the X-Trail as I could not hold down the clutch. A few weeks of rest and physio and I could just manage (with a stick) to cope and mid April we set off to start our tours. OH would collect the water whilst I set up but had to sit down a couple of times during this. I do all the meal prep and cooking and for the last 10 years have often had to rest my spine due to arthritis in my shoulder and spine.

I have had issues with these bins for a number of years but that year I found them far worse to deal with. 

I needed a stick to walk next door or even to walk 80 feet or so to the gate for the post. Mainly I now manage without a stick. There are many that are far worse than me but would not class themselves as disabled.

Clinical waste is disposed of on cc sites by PHS contractor who the club are charged for as any non medical premises and sharps bins either orange or yellow will be an extra charge