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More than a decade ago, Hackney put official skips around the borough (probably not everywhere, but in a lot of areas) on a regular basis. So many houses (and gardens) were so full of crap that the skips were filled in no time. When they were replaced, the new skips likewise were filled in a couple of hours. If Greenwich did that for a short time, they would probably tackle much of that problem, but obviously with 'austerity' having led to councils having to charge for basic services, they probably couldn't afford to. When I last looked, the bulky waste charge for Hackney was £15 per call-out, not per item, but I bet that this, too, is causing people to hold on to items (or to flytip them somewhere if they don't know private waste is accepted by some dumps free of charge).
Oliver Schick-
😲 Oh! you called it a 'dump' !
I think there is a bit of the 'I pay an exorbitant council tax/service charge' so sod 'em let them sort it out attitude going on as well.
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So many houses (and gardens) were so full of crap that the skips were filled in no time. If Greenwich did that for a short time, they would probably tackle much of that problem
The ‘backlog’ argument is commonly used to support free public services at the point of use (vide the early days of the NHS), but I don’t think it holds water - for me the point is that there are few constraints to induced demand when something appears to be ‘free’
not4sale
NickCJ
Greenwich council charge £10.51 per item for bulk waste and give you a date they'll pick up.
So you stick your stinking old debris out the night before and all is fine until some folk notice someone is doing it so lets join in and add our shit to the pile.
Council say "you're taking the piss".