Bin Collections

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Dear Lewisham Borough Council,

Please confirm if bin collections are funded from the collection of Council Tax.

Yours faithfully,

George Tsigarides

Foi, Customer, Lewisham Borough Council

Dear George,

 

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000

Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Reference No: 4171422  

 

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Foi, Customer, Lewisham Borough Council

Dear George Tsigarides

 

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000

Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Reference No: 4171422

 

Thank you for your request for information held by London Borough of
Lewisham. I have included below a copy of your request, followed by the
Council’s response.

 

·         Please confirm if bin collections are funded from the collection
of Council Tax.

 

We can confirm that in London Borough of Lewisham, bin collection are
funded from the collection of Council Tax

 

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Corporate Complaints, Casework & Information Governance Team

London Borough of Lewisham

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Paul W left an annotation ()

Waste management seems to be an issue for residents across Lewisham Borough. Below is a list of links to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to Lewisham Borough Council which relate to waste management over the past years. In addition to this most of the issues raised on Fix My street for Lewisham also relate to waste management / fly tipping also relate to waste management concerns reported by residents.

Residents living in Lewisham Council owned blocks under the Regenter RB3 (Pinnacle PSG and Rydon) PFI housing contract seem to be disproportionally affected by this lack of capacity and in effect pay twice for waste management services, first through Lewisham’s Council Tax and secondly through the contractually Service Charge because the former continually fails to provide an adequate service. For example, in many blocks the recycling bins are regularly overflowing and are not collected as scheduled, so residents are forced to use the normal waste bins to dispose of recyclables. This has been reported to the Council multiple times for years and the lack of bin capacity has been exacerbated by COVID and changing behaviours. Neither the Council or Regenter has taken any preventive actions to counter this.

1. Recycling Bin Contamination - Lewisham (FOI) - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
2. Number of public recycling and general waste bins within the remit of the local authority - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
3. Recycling collection policy and procedure - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
4. Recycling Capacity - Lewisham Borough - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
5. Recycling Team size and salaries - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow

6. Organic Waste Collection and Disposal - Lewisham - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
7. Food waste bins - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow

8. LBC - Waste Disposal, Bin Responsibility and Recycling Costs - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
9. Missed bin collections data - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
10. Waste Enforcement Statistics 2019 (London) - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
11. Bin surveys - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
12. Bin Collections - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
13. Refuse Collection - Household Waste and Recycling - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
14. How many people have been prosecuted for Fly Tipping in the past year - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
15. Fly tipping costs by contractor - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
16. Fire Safety, Waste Management and Nuisance Smells at 130 Gosterwood Street, SE8 5NY - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
17. Number of public bins in the New Cross ward of Lewisham - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow
18. Street cleaning and fly tipping information request - a Freedom of Information request to Lewisham Borough Council - WhatDoTheyKnow