St Peters Liberal Democrats
Nine thousand Islington households, including residents here in St Peter’s have had their recycling bins rummaged through by council officials since April, shock new figures have revealed.
Islington’s Labour councillors introduced a surprise compulsory recycling policy in April. despite Labour politicians claiming the initiative would not lead to ‘bin snooping’, councillors were last week shown figures highlighting that in less than three months, 9,000 Islington residents’ recycling bins have been inspected by council officers. these residents will then be contacted by the council reminding them of their duty to recycle and fined if they do not.
Liberal Democrat campaigner David Sant said,
“The fact that thousands of local residents’ bins have been rummaged through in less than three months is extraordinary given that the council is saying that it’s hard up.
“To make matters worse, the council lavished £45,000 on a publicity campaign to promote this scheme but the Government has since announced that fining residents for not recycling properly will be illegal.
“Labours compulsory recycling in Islington has been an expensive waste of time. Labour councillors should concentrate on properly thought-through ways to boost recycling levels now that they have stalled on their watch. Rooting through people’s bins should not be the council’s priority right now.”
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