Category Archives: Environment

Consequences of Greens Helping Labour Regain Control of RBC

Posted on 06/06/2011 by wazirhussain

Read this from Cllr Warren Swaine: Green at the Gills  The first direct consequence of the Greens propping up Labour has been revealed… the end of year student collections have been stopped.Of course, Labour and the Greens didn’t come out … Continue reading →

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Allotments are Safe

Posted on 03/05/2011 by wazirhussain

The Independent on Sunday claimed that the review of local government’s statutory duties could threaten the future of allotments.  This is not true.  You can read Eric Pickles’ announcement here

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Update on Green Waste Collections

Posted on 26/04/2011 by wazirhussain

Further to my last post on green waste collections, I have learned that Labour controlled Oxford are introducing a green waste charge of £35 per annum.  Reading’s charge of £22.50 therefore is considerably cheaper. I have read Reading Labour’s pledge to “review … Continue reading →

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Recycling Batteries – New Kerbside Collections

Posted on 26/04/2011 by wazirhussain

I hope you are making use of the newly introduced kerbside collection of batteries.  All you have to do on recycling collection day is put your batteries in a see-through plastic bag on top of your red wheelie bin.  The refuse … Continue reading →

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Making green waste fairer

Posted on 14/04/2011 by wazirhussain

Should 77% of residents pay for a service they can’t and/or don’t use?  This was the question the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition asked itself about green waste collections.  About 15,000 (23%) of Reading’s households have a green bin.  Therefore 77% not … Continue reading →

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Consultation: Some roads for weekly collections?

Posted on 12/04/2011 by wazirhussain

Missed collections create stink & risk vermin Also at last night’s Cabinet meeting there was a report on streets suffering ongoing problems with the fortnightly collections Labour introduced a few years ago. When the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition formed 10 months ago, one … Continue reading →

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Palmer Park in the sun

Posted on 10/04/2011 by wazirhussain

It has been a very busy week.  I’ve been campaigning with Rob Wilson MP, fellow councillors and friends.  Palmer Park is looking stunning: the daffodils are magnificent, the trees are in blossom and the beautiful weather has attracted the crowds who have … Continue reading →

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Bottle Bank Cholmeley Road

Posted on 01/04/2011 by wazirhussain

This morning officers have written to me and my Ward colleagues to say that unfortunately they realise it is not possible to establish a set of bottle banks for glass recycling at the canal end of Cholmeley Road because the large … Continue reading →

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Further Improvements: Palmer Park Stadium’s Car Park

Posted on 21/03/2011 by wazirhussain

Before the hedge was extended (above) and John, Isobel & me finishing it (below) As most Park Ward residents will probably be aware, in Autumn 2010 Reading’s local Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition carried out improvement works to Palmer Park Stadium’s car park.  The area has been enlarged … Continue reading →

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Mockbeggar Allotments, Whiteknights Road

Posted on 03/03/2011 by wazirhussain

Council has been carrying out works on the boundary between the Mockbeggar allotments and the back gardens of the Regis Park Development. There have been problems reaching agreement, but eventually a ‘green’ solution has been found as residents told the Council they … Continue reading →

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