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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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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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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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On hearing surprising rumours about IWC recycling, OnTheWight posed some questions to the council. Not only did it take nearly two weeks to get answers, but the IWC tried to delay by at least a month.
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The Forest Road site is an important part of the council’s aim to divert 90 percent of waste away from landfill and recycle 55 percent of household waste by 2020.
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It was not safe for rubbish collection to take place last Friday, so Amey's crews are working a six day week to catch up. Check when your rubbish will be collected.
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A whopping 50 new jobs are opening up at Amey on the Isle of Wight soon. Everyone who is interested is invited along to the open day being held on 3 May in Newport. Full details of the range of roles and the event enclosed.
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In a true Lassie moment, a barking dog noticed by waste collectors resulted in the rescue of a resident who had fallen and was unable to get up for several hours
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Yesterday the council called out an Isle of Wight resident for taking ‘just a hanger and charger’ to the tip. The resident said it didn’t happen like that. Here’s the council’s response to OnTheWight’s questions
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After additional black bags were not collected from this resident's address he called Amey and was left feeling "very upset and disappointed" with their response
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What an amazing effort by the volunteers from Planet Aware, Isle of Wight Distillery, National Trust and Amey
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As part of national Recycle Week, all those involved in the Island's waste and recycling service, delivered by the Isle of Wight Council in partnership with Amey, are being specially thanked for their tireless and selfless efforts during the ongoing pandemic.
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Two bidders are in competition to buy Amey PLC, the Isle of Wight waste contractor. Details within
