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Each household on the Isle of Wight chucks out rubbish that wasn't recycled with the equivalent weight of a Grand Piano each year. There's some good news with improvements though.
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AmeyCespa commenced a 25 year PPP waste contract with the Isle of Wight council on 1st November 2015.
As part of their plans, they have closed the recycling plant and will be designing and building a new state of the art recycling centre, aiming to prevent 90% of rubbish going to landfill.
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Following questions from OnTheWight and pressure from readers, happily the Isle of Wight council and Amey have reconsidered their ban on trailers over 1.83m being taken to the dump. Overall length now considered.
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Amey/IWC have quietly changed the rules on members of the public taking trailers into the dump. If they're judged as 'too long', they won't let you in after Monday. OnTheWight has asked them 'Why?'
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The upcoming restriction on size of trailers allowed at the Isle of Wight's rubbish tips is a subject that has been raised before and will come up again.
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Andy S-C feels strongly the Council should review their decision to ban trailers at any of the waste recyling centres (ie. the dump) and find ways to accommodate Islanders who rely on trailers to efficiently transport their garden waste.
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The Mobile HRC provides a further facility that reaches out into the community to help people recycle more. Check the dates of when it's nearby to you.
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The Classic Boat Museum will be given unwanted tins of paint disposed of at Lynnbottom Household Waste and Recycling Centre.
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The Lynnbottom tip has reopened to the public following groundworks to improve the experience.
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New state-of-the-art recycling collection vehicles have arrived on the Isle of Wight and are now collecting recycling from over 70,000 households across the Island.
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Don't get caught out by the two week closure at Lynnbottom as the facelift continues. OnTheWight has the detail of alternatives during the closure.
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With the deadline for all new wheelie bins and sacks this weekend, many are reporting they are still without, despite the extended deadline.
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Amey has delivered 62,430 black wheeled bins, 10,141 green wheeled bins and 3,845 gull sacks over the last month, but not everyone has still received their bins.
