I was pleased to see that the council has decided to scrap the restriction on the types of materials that can be accepted at Baldovie and Riverside recycling centres.
There is an item coming up at the Policy and Resources Committee on Monday about this and the agenda note states that the restrictions have proven to be very unpopular due to the additional travel distances required and it is proposed to amend the reconfiguration of the sites to allow green waste to be accepted at Baldovie and mixed waste to be accepted at Riverside.
From the day these changes were implemented I received complaints from residents about the inconvenience and additional cost of having to trail across to the other side of Dundee to dispose of garden waste and I urged the council’s administration to rethink the matter.
Thankfully common-sense has prevailed and the council has come up with a way to reinstate the previous arrangements.
