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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 No. 6,358 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Price 65p INSIDE THIS WEEK


Gouneil hits back at load of rubbish!


• ■ ■ by Natalie Cox


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' WHAT a.load of rubbish. - Ribble Valley Borough Council hit;back this week after facing mis-


: leading allegations in the: national press about its . new refuse and recycling


. collection system. T h e ' Valley’s , three-


streaiii collection service found Ttself under the n a tioha l spotlight after newspaper and television reporters wrongly accused the council of making a


■ pensioner drag her new wheelie bins half-a-mile down a track to a designat­ ed collection point. - In fact the council has


' never made such a demand and stresses it would never : do so. Under .the new sys-


70 YEARS OF MARRIAGE ' lection points for. their bins


; tern, many outlying proper- ; ties have been assigned cob


■ which are some distance from the property itself, for example, a t the end of a farm track. This has been


. done in order to devise the most cost-effective route for


■ collection -vehicles. In some . casesy neighbouring proper-


ties .will share a collection point;


' ■ ■■ ■ ■ However, the bins do not


• have to be moved between houses and collection points


where i t is unreasonable to do so. They can be left at the collection point and lit- , ter, or materials for recy­ cling, dropped off in them by householders when they are passing. That system already operates effectively in other boroughs across the UK. . The council’s street scene manager Mr.Graham Jag-


: ger, - explained; th a t the council had adopted a poli-


■ cy of not taking refuse wag- ■


r onkdown long or diffcult


tracks some 18 months ago .. to ensure the new collection system would be as cost- effective as possible. This • week he went oiit to meet . residents near Bolton-by- •; Rowland at the centre of


the national furore to allay


, their concerns: Mr John Heap, the coun­


cil’s Director of Communi­ ty Services,' said: “Ribble


would simply would not ask ail 80-year-old lady to drag. her bin to an a^igned col-


. lection point. “Since th is p a r t icu la r


, issue hit the headlines Gra­ ham has spent a long time trying to solve this problem and the outcome is that the solution we were proposing has been accepted. We have given this matter our full.


A attention. • “ If people contac t us with'issues about the new


Award for a local hero


A HOMEGROWN hero' has been commended for his courage after a serious explosion aboard his sub-^


' marine last March. . CPO. Steyen P e tty is pictured; receiving,his,


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xomiheiidation: from. ■Admiral Sir Mark Stan­ hope, KCB OBE. (s), ■ •; • ! For full storyi see,


■ ; page 2. - ,


OUR photograph shows Co'un. Thompson taking delivery of . his new wheelie bins (B100608/2)


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■ Valley Borough Council is a caring au th o r ity and .we ■


bins we can work with them to find solutions. However, we are notable to answer all the queries immediately, • but we willwbrk=through: all of them in time.” Mr dagger said: “One of


the aims of the new service is to enable householders to recycle more conveniently


■ than previously. We do not want people to make spe­ cial journeys to their bins, we just want them to use


them as part of their day- to-day routine. We are happy to have site meetings


.with householders to agree O Why we chose this sys­


tem. We heed your help - see page 5 • Verbal abuse of staff -


see page 2 • As I See It...-page 6 . •L e tte rs -p ag e 10


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