Comments on: Get on your R’s … http://blog.landandbrandnewhomes.co.uk/get-on-your-r%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%a6_147/ Land acquisition, sales and consultancy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:08:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Erica http://blog.landandbrandnewhomes.co.uk/get-on-your-r%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%a6_147/#comment-11 Erica Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:50:13 +0000 http://blog.landandbrandnewhomes.co.uk/?p=147#comment-11 Had an interesting read over the breakfast cereals today. It was reported in the Times that there is a fire risk from recycling in blocks of flats reported by fire officers saying that collections pose a threat if sacks of recyclable materials are left in front of doors or on landings which could catch fire and block escape routes. This follows Hackney's (London) ending its pilot recycling collections in blocks of flats. Instead they will install collection points - residents will therefore have to carry waste to them themselves. It is feared that fires containing recycled waste could produce significant heat and smoke in an enclosed stairwell, corridor or lobby landing. Absolutely the right decision! Had an interesting read over the breakfast cereals today. It was reported in the Times that there is a fire risk from recycling in blocks of flats reported by fire officers saying that collections pose a threat if sacks of recyclable materials are left in front of doors or on landings which could catch fire and block escape routes.

This follows Hackney’s (London) ending its pilot recycling collections in blocks of flats. Instead they will install collection points - residents will therefore have to carry waste to them themselves. It is feared that fires containing recycled waste could produce significant heat and smoke in an enclosed stairwell, corridor or lobby landing.

Absolutely the right decision!

]]> By: Holly http://blog.landandbrandnewhomes.co.uk/get-on-your-r%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%a6_147/#comment-5 Holly Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:27:38 +0000 http://blog.landandbrandnewhomes.co.uk/?p=147#comment-5 I've just visited the Algarve and I think they have got it right. Their local councils have been putting metal bins (which look better then they sound) in convenient locations for homeowners to put their re-cycling in whenever they want, rather than having to wait for collection. I think this stops us putting things that could be re-cycled into the normal rubbish. Maybe we should go down the same route... I’ve just visited the Algarve and I think they have got it right. Their local councils have been putting metal bins (which look better then they sound) in convenient locations for homeowners to put their re-cycling in whenever they want, rather than having to wait for collection. I think this stops us putting things that could be re-cycled into the normal rubbish. Maybe we should go down the same route…

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