Just an update for residents in the Baguley Crescent (Heywood Court and Middleton Road) areas on the issues of waste and flytipping. Officers have been working hard on some of the problems that people have been reporting and have given me the following update:

Communal Recycling Bins
At Baguley Crescent additional communal bins have been installed into the Heywood Management Company flats and all recycling bins have been secured and are being well used. There has been a significant increase in the amount and quality of recycling being carried out at these flats and a reduction in the amount of excess waste being produced. Additional collections from the recycling bins were requested due to them being full which was really good and demonstrated the need for the additional bins which were installed. Working with the management Company we are currently developing signage which can be used in these communal bin areas to ensure the right materials are recycled.

Fly Tipping
At flats in the first block (No. 176 – 198) fly tipping was reported and removed. Communal recycling bins which had been contaminated were emptied and secured so that recycling could be carried out by the residents. Information about recycling and collections was provided and displayed on the residents notice board.

A number of residents were provided with recycling information at numbers 40-46 Baguley Crescent.

Currently there is some fly tipping on the garage site adjacent to flats 80 -102 and also at flats 128-150. This has been reported to Environmental Health to action.

After Easter there will be door knocking sessions to speak with residents about recycling and provide any additional assistance where required.

Hope that is helpful and please do not hesitate to get in touch if I can provide further information or feed other issues in.

Best wishes

Tim