Environment
In This Section
DRARA AREA IS IN THE “RED” COLLECTION ZONE
RUBBISH COLLECTION AND RECYCLING DAY IS NOW THURSDAY – and containers are collected fortnightly
eg Thursday 24 March 2011 – Green wheellie bin and Green Food bucket, and
Thurs 31st March – Blue wheellie bin, Garden bag, Food Caddy and so on.
DRARA is concerned about the environment. All households have been issued with green “wheelie bins”, into which all non-recyclable rubbish in black bin liners should be put. Wheelie bins will be emptied on alternate Thursdays, and need to be put out by 7am, or as late as possible the night before for the sake of the local streetscene. Food waste is collected weekly (no plastic bin liners).
For recycling, every household that requested one has now been issued with a Blue Wheelie Bin, a Green bag for garden waste, and green Food Waste caddies, a small one for the kithen and a larger one for collection.
The Blue Bin is for all dry recycling – all the items that we used to put in the green and blue boxes, and more. That is, newspaper, magazines, office paper, cardboard, egg boxes, directories, tins and drink cans and glass bottles and jars (all rinsed), and now also tetrapak (juice, long-life milk, soup containers), clingfilm, foil containers, bubble wrap, any plastic food wrapping.
The Council have announced that if you no longer need the blue or green boxes (eg have no other use for them, such as storage), they will inform us of a date when they can be collected for recycling.
Collection dates can be checked online www.oxford.gov.uk/newwastecollections or by email recycling@oxford.gov.uk You can receive a regular text or email reminder telling you which containers to put out on your collection day so text “RED” to 07786 200424 or email “THURSDAY” to red@oxford.gov.uk
Non-household rubbish can be taken for recycling to the Redbridge Amenity Site off the Abingdon Road (open 7 days per week 8am until 5 pm, Thursday late night till 8pm from 1 April until 30 September)
Large items like fridges, freezers, mattresses and furniture will be collected free by Oxford City Council if you call Cityworks on 01865 252900 – see http://www.oxford.gov.uk/environment/bulky-waste.cfm for further details.
RATS
Rats are becoming an increasing nuisance in Divinity Road, and other local streets. There have been reported sightings in wheelie bins, gardens, kitchens and even climbing wisteria on the front of the house. The Oxford City Council Environmental Health officers are making every effort to eradicate the source of the problem in the Manzil Way garden, where an irresponsible local resident was leaving large amounts of bread scattered on the grass. This practice has now stopped, but the rats have effectively colonised the area and it may take some time to dispose of the problem.
For help to dispose of rats on your property, please telephone the Environmental Health Department at Oxford City Council on 01865 252887
STREETSCENE – FLOWERS AND LITTER PICKING
DRARA members plant and maintain some of the square beds around the trees which the Council has planted up Divinity Road. And other members collect up litter from time to time. This is done on an entirely voluntary basis. So please help if you can! The Council has supplied DRARA with several litter picking tongs which are available on request – send a message via the “Get in Touch” button at the top of the page.
The City Council litter team clear the DRARA streets at least once per week. If your street is in need of urgent attention, you can contact their Streetscene Supervisor on 01865 252909 and request a special visit.
ABANDONED SHOPPING TROLLEYS
If you find an abandoned shopping trolley from Tesco in your street, or spot one in a neighbour’s garden, please contact Tesco customer services by emailing customer.service@tesco.co.uk with details of its location and they will arrange collection.
