Bins on site.

Alan

I have just had a look at the last four magazines and the only mention I can see of recycling are changes in Wales where rubbish has to be sorted into categories on site and in England where the Club are linking up with Biffa but no mention in the four magazines I looked at of the centralised disposal points. We can't be dreaming as it is a reality on many sites now!!! Perhaps someone else has seen a reference to it, maybe hidden away in a thread on a different subject?

David

David

i couldn’t find mention of any changes myself and thought I must have missed something. It’s the law now in wales that businesses have to recycle more items separately. I wandered if someone from the club could explain the reasoning behind the changes. You’d think they would keep members informed of any changes via the magazine,website or social media.

Alan 

Most of the CAMC sites we have stopped on this tour have utilised the centralised bin system. Personally I think it is a good idea. The old bin locations have all sported posters explaining it is to cut out the vast number of plastic bags the club uses for this purpose in a year. The club is in its third year of working with the Green Tourism Accreditation  Scheme. Last year three of the sites were awarded gold, the rest silver. I assume the bin changes are a small part of trying to get more sites in the gold category.

the idea is fine, so long as you are tall enough to reach the bins and strong enough to lift the lids and able enough to walk to the bins as some are a fair distance. When you visit a site that has taken all this into concideration then the idea is fine. 

BTW the only site that i have visited where they have a couple of small dustbins at the side of the large bins is Malvern.

What I fail to understand is how blatantly obvious the reasons for introducing centralised bin stores are to some but for others it remains a total mystery or at worst just an inconvenience. Aren’t we all responsible for improving the situation regarding the dire overuse and misuse of plastics etc. and recycling waste. Every bit helps and I support the club in their many efforts to address the Green Agenda. 

Aaaaaand they’re off . No one said it was a good or bad idea. I just wandered what the thinking behind it was and if they had informed their members about it?. I’ve already seen members driving to the bins and back,not that the Green Tourism will be made aware of this.

You will always get those few who couldn’t give a phut and just do as they please, you’ll never stop them! We shouldn’t let them dictate what we do likewise we do need to help those who genuinely find it difficult to lift lids etc.. In my book we are optimists and positive folk despite the few who couldn’t care less and do everything to upset.

I just wandered what the thinking behind it was and if they had informed their members about it?. I’ve already seen members driving to the bins and back,

The thinking is spelt out on the posters on sites where they are using the system, to cut down on the use of plastic bags. I’ve no idea whether it has been mentioned in the magazine as I rarely look at it. I can’t see why anyone would need to drive to the bins and back. Just deposit your rubbish when driving or walking out of the site, or when visiting the facilities when the centralised location is there.

The other club has been using this system since we joined in 2019 and just about every site I have used in France. It’s no big deal there and I don’t really see why it should be made into one here.

And as posted in another thread if one cannot use the bins as they are then ask the wardens (or a fellow camper  - I would certainly help, indeed have done so), I think the answer when asked is to leave the bags by the bins or the wardens would actually collect from your pitch?

It would be useful to find the other thread where explanations have been given and this has been thrashed through. Anyone know where it is? I’ve searched to no avail.