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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Food waste recycling bags no longer available from libraries
February 5, 2011 6:08 PM
• WITHOUT any consultation with residents the council has taken the decision to stop the sale of food waste recycling liner bags at borough libraries.
Since food waste recycling was introduced borough residents have been able to purchase liners for their storage bins and kitchen caddies from their local branch libraries but the Conservative administration has taken the decision to end this provision.
The issue was first raised by Hampton councillor Gareth Roberts who only discovered that the council intended to stop selling the bags when he visited his local library to buy some new supplies. He intended to raise the issue at council on Tuesday 25th January though, owing to time constraints, he was unable to get a response on the evening. Nearly two weeks later he is still waiting for a written response from the Cabinet Member, Virginia Morris.
Cllr Roberts said "This really makes no sense at all. I have asked for clarification from officers as to why this decision was taken and the response was that because they are easily obtained from major supermarkets and online there is no need for the council to continue offering this service. It is absolute madness for an administration to talk up the benefits of shopping locally, and let's not forget that most branch libraries are to be found in local shopping areas, yet on the other hand to encourage residents to shop at the big out of time supermarkets. We hear time and time again that we need to find ways to encourage people into branch libraries under the 'Use them or lose them' argument yet this administration is kicking away a very good reason for people to use their local libraries and deliver a revenue stream to the council at the same time"
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