We have two excellent recycling centres in Pinhoe.
First is the new, superb Pinbrook Road Recycling Centre
The second is the small group of bins in the corner of Sainsburys car park
So why do people still fly-tip?
Almost anywhere,
but also right beside the Sainsbury's bins.
I asked at Sainsburys enquiry desk how frequently tipping happened.
Far more often now - was the reply - it's since people have had to pay to recycle.
Far more often now - was the reply - it's since people have had to pay to recycle.
I tried to explain that it was only building waste which was charged for, but really, that explanation needs to reach everyone, not only the person at Sainsburys enquiry desk.
Because he was right.
Purely by making one category of waste chargeable it has some-how sent a message that recycling centres now charge for anything.
As a result, many more people are resorting to fly-tipping. And clearing up the fly-tipping costs a lot of Council money that could be better used.
I wouldn't be surprised if it costs more than the income made by charging for the building waste.
An own goal, Devon County Council?
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