Bins on site.

BP you need to contact the sites team at head office re your views, agree with TW this forum not the correct place to air your issues.

As to leaf blowers a lot more sites will be using battery operated ones which are a lot quieter and again paths and certain areas need to  be kept clear and safe so site folk do not slip on the wet leaves.

I guess one main reason for the recent introduction of central rubbish bins and stores is to do with The Green Tourism Awards which the club has wholeheartedly launched itself into. The current recycling and waste system fits very with the mission statements behind this worthy cause.

Previously most members would have several trips a day to the Service Points to deposit rubbish

Really, certainly not these members. Once a day is fine, and if by the entrance generally when going out. Personally I think it is  a fuss about nothing. The other club has had this system since we joined in 2019.

Yes…. why several trips a day??!  Even at home we only fill the inside pedal bin about once a week, same with our recycling bags,  and to fill a wheelie bin can take us 6 weeks, we often skip at least one collection.

We are used to the “ central  bins”, which are indeed often by the entrance, but usually screened, we have used them on commercial sites, CCC sites and abroad.  Like others, we usually drop off our rubbish when going out for the day.

I don't mind the walk to the bins, he it once or more times a day, as I drop our rubbish off when taking the dog for a walk, and it also adds 10,000+ steps a day!!

I am somewhat amazed about the amount of rubbish collected by members for this to be a real problem? We used to hang a bag on the bike rack (previously attached to the rear grab handle when we had a caravan) When the bag was full I would wander off to the waste point. Those of us who have travelled in Europe, where central waste collection has been in place for 30 odd years, will find this discussion a bit peculiar? 

David

What has amazed me over the years is having seen microwaves, a TV, broken BBQs and camp chairs ‘deposited’ at service points. Even saw a leisure battery once and several boots and shoes! Why don’t people take the likes home and dispose of them correctly they could be dangerous.

Are there many customers who cannot take their rubbish to the appropriate bin once a day?

There will always be some people who cannot lift the bin lid (I am small so find it a bit of a push to lift the lid of the large bin lid), however I always manage. A better option than numerous plastic bags used around any site.

Even before the introduction of the big bins, some people seem to be unable to put the rubbish into the appropriate bin. A number of customers just want to get rid of their rubbish into the closet bin on hand. Recycling? No just get rid of the rubbish.

How do we get people to do a very simple thing, it’s not rocket science, but it seems to be beyond the capability of some folk.

Let’s just hope that the majority of people, recycle their rubbish in the appropriate bin.  

 of the bin location on a site. How do we stop people just dumping their rubbish in the 

One wonders if you cannot walk to the bins, should you be still vanning or even driving? I guess such members don't use the facility blocks either or prefer to use serviced pitches.

peedee

I really can't see any connection between a preference for using SPs and use or non use of facilities and not wanting to walk to a central bin? Do such preferences mean you have less rubbish somehow? Either a central bin or not one still has to get rubbish disposed of?

Again there is no automatic connection with not being actually able to walk for a medical reason or disability and driving and/or using club sites and really not on to suggest otherwise in my view.