Last night’s meeting of the
Neighbourhood Services Committee agreed a grant for assistance towards administration
costs of £3000 to BERA - the Broughty Ferry Adult Education and Recreation
Association.
The committee also agreed revised
measures for controlling the input of waste at Riverside and Baldovie household
waste and recycling centres. 47% of waste taken to the centres is recycled. In 2015 there were
276,953 visits to both sites and in the reporting year 2015/16 9,040 tonnes of waste was input at the Baldovie
site.
Commercial waste should be taken
to the Baldovie transfer station in Forties Road where a charge is levied for
the disposal via a weighbridge. Van access is allowed at both sites and it is
sometimes difficult to distinguish between those who are genuine householders entitled
to use the centres and traders, who are not. One of the changes being introduced
is that residents, who use a non commercial van, pick up, minibus or vehicle with
a single axle trailer to dispose of waste will have to obtain a free permit prior
to visiting any household waste recycling centre. There will be a limit on the number
of visits allowed by the permit.
A number of actions need to be
carried out in advance of the changes being made. All the details will appear
on the relevant pages of the council’s website in due course.
