Edinburgh is seeing an increased demand for recycling bins and the city is struggling to keep up. Residents have been calling news sources for several months, complaining about overflowing recycling banks. The worst problems seem to be occurring at the larger recycling sites such as Craigleith Retail Park. Although the park has dozens of bins, they fill up very quickly and begin to overflow. Council members say that the bins are being utilised by commercial sources.
Environmental groups say that the number of collections is as important as the number of available bins.
Inverleith councillor Lesley Hinds said: “I have had a number of complaints about these banks at Craigleith stretching back quite a while.
“It is just not good enough if we have people who are willing to make the effort to recycle but have them facing this kind of thing.
“They can add all the recycling banks they like, but unless they do the bread and butter job of actually emptying them enough then there is no point.”
Mark Sydenham, spokesman for Friends of the Earth Edinburgh, said the scene at Craigleith Retail Park was typical of recycling bins across the city.
He said: “It is a real problem, I am sure if you ask most people who live in the city then they will be able to think of a recycling bank they pass which is overflowing.
“Obviously more recycling facilities are welcome, but I do hope they give serious thought to the frequency of collections.”
Source: News.scotsman.com
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