The proposal to close Dean Pit and to re-locate recycling to Kidlington will mean a round trip of at least 40 minutes for anyone living in Charlbury, Finstock or Chipping Norton.
Started by: Liz Leffman
On reaching 9 signatures An officer will investigate the matter further
This ePetition ran from 09/05/2011 to 18/07/2011 and has now finished.
129 people signed this ePetition.
This petition has been passed to the Director for Environment & Economy for consideration together with a paper petition on the same subject which was submitted to Cabinet on 19 July. Together the number of signatures obtained was approximately 2,000.
A full response can be found in the library under petition
Responses:
http://mycouncilpages.oxfordshire.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=6580
Response Summary
It is important to emphasise the changing nature of the need for
household waste recycling centres. A much improved kerbside
collection system has been introduced by West Oxfordshire District
Council. This has been very successful and has changed the demands
on the Dean Pit site. Site usage in terms of visitor numbers and
tonnage has reduced substantially.
That success gives encouragement to our ambition to increase
further the use of the kerbside collection system that has been put
in place. This will have the added benefit of reducing the need for
residents to travel to dispose of their recyclable material.
Success in this regard will reduce still further the need for Dean
Pit. Our experience across the County suggests that easy access to
free of charge residual waste facilities do not encourage people to
make full use of alternative ways of disposing of their
rubbish.