The idea is that the document will help the committee with information to decide whether to review the issue, and we have to say that we feel the answer is a foregone conclusion.
More than £200,000 a year in landfill disposal fees could be saved by collecting green waste separately .
Although Lincolnshire County Council would be the one to benefit as they pay all gate fees, Boston's recycling performance would increase from around 30% to 50%.
At present, the average amount of waste measured in kilograms per household is significantly higher than other authorities in Lincolnshire.
And Boston is the only Lincolnshire Council which collects green or garden waste as part of its green bin waste collection.
True, there is the summertime collection service from selected points around the borough, but to benefit from them you have to meet a narrow time corridor and have a means of transporting your green waste to your local collection point. And frankly it is a pretty feeble way of addressing such a serious problem.
It’s reckoned that in a full year, 30 per-cent of the contents of our green bins is garden waste.
Boston Eye can’t understand why this issue is following the usual talking shop approach so favoured by Boston Borough Council.
Just for once, let’s accept that there is a serious problem that needs addressing urgently - and simply get on with it.
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