Conservative Dorset Councillors write to the Blackmore Vale Magazine campaigning to stop the household recycling centre booking system in Shaftesbury.
Household Recycling Centres
As elected representatives for Shaftesbury and Gillingham we stand with our communities in condemning the way changes to how people use Household Recycling Centres have been handled by the Liberal Democrats at County Hall. They announced plans to introduce a booking scheme, with no public consultation and no answer to questions about increased fly tipping, increased cost and the thin end of the wedge to introducing charges for this free service. Following a massive public outcry they U-turned on their plans in the south of the county but booking is still to go ahead in Shaftesbury, as a guinea pig for a scheme which most residents think defies common sense.
The whole sorry mess has shown a disregard for the views of residents, the police and MPs. We are calling for the booking scheme in Shaftesbury to be shelved pending a full consultation, with facts to back up the case for the change. We urge other Gillingham and Shaftesbury councillors to do the same.
Cllr Barry von Clemens - Gillingham
Cllr Val Pothecary - Gillingham
Cllr Belinda Ridout - Gillingham
Cllr Piers Brown - Shaftesbury
Cllr Virginia Edwyn-Jones - Shaftesbury
