A new booking system for Bristol’s rubbish tips could cause an “explosion in citywide fly-tipping”, a councillor fears. Residents will have to book a slot before visiting household recycling centres from June 6.
This will replace the current vehicle registration plate system brought in during the pandemic to manage numbers and encourage social distancing. City council-owned Bristol Waste says the new way of working will reduce queues, waiting times and emissions from stationary traffic.
But Bishopsworth ward Tory Cllr Richard Eddy is concerned it will create inconvenience and see householders turned away if they are late to arrive because of traffic, with cars-full of rubbish being dumped by the roadside instead of taken back home. He said: “Although the new Hartcliffe Way household recycling centre is opening later this summer, and in March Conservative councillors forced the mayor to agree a reduction in the charge of the bulky household waste collection service, I truly fear this ill-thought-out booking system will lead to an explosion in citywide fly-tipping.
