Blogging fatigue and brown bins…

I have been experiencing a bout of blogging fatigue recently. Any tips on how to beat blogging fatigue would be gratefully received. This is my attempt to kickstart blogging!

You may remember I asked for your thoughts in August on how to improve the waste collection service. See: http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/what-next-for-rubbish-collection/

I’m pleased to say that tomorrow night (Wed) I am asking Cabinet to approve the completion of the brown bin (garden waste) service across the Borough. Here is an extract from the press announcement:

“We now have an excellent opportunity to make further headway in our recycling service which is already up there with some of the best in the country.

“We have already seen recycling rates improve dramatically since the introduction of our new waste service at the beginning of the year and we are on target to be recycling 45% of all household waste by the end of 2009 – five years earlier than required.

“The expansion of the brown bin service would help take us up to the next level, as well as meet demand from local people and create a much fairer, borough-wide service for residents.

“It is also an opportunity to further reduce the amount of waste that is dumped in landfill sites, which can contribute towards global warming and significant negative impact on the environment.”

Have a read about it here: http://www.walsall.gov.uk/news/garden_waste_recycling_scheme_to_be_extended.htm

Any other thoughts on how the Council should improve the waste collection system next?