Category: Waste Collection
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Those rubbish signs are good!
Camden Council appears to have put up signs around Acton and Swinton Street in Kings Cross (tell us if you spot them elsewhere too) that inform residents when rubbish is being collected. Signs emerged today on a number of street poles. The signs were a suggestion by the community during a meeting with representatives from…
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Less Speed, More Parties, Merger with Hampstead & more Falafel!
Latest News 1.) SPEEDING AT GYRATORY: The councillor for Transport Strategy in Camden told me that the promised 20-mile speed reduction that was meant to be delivered by TFL and ready this October (2022) will still come but with delay. The new target date is said to be February 2023. 2. VENUE FOR PARTIES: There…
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Wheelie Bins delivered! Hopes for some improvement on waste at Kings Cross.
Addresses in Swinton Street, Acton Street and Swinton Place at Kings Cross WC1X have finally received wheelie bins from Camden council. This looks like a small ordinary and thing to most areas, but at King’s Cross is in fact a major development that took the best of some five years or more in the making.…
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Waste Solutions to be trialed on Acton Street, Swinton Street & Swinton Place
New Trial: Wednesday and Saturday collections retried and bins rolled out.
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Residential Waste Solution Meeting Acton Street, Swinton Street and Swinton Place, Kings Cross.
Clarion, Council and Veolia Representatives are coming to meet residents on 15.00 on Friday (22/4/22) on Swinton Place. For a solution regarding the rubbish in the street. Recap: What are the issues? This area went from daily collections (the early 2000s) with one single bin to all waste collections once a week. We then had…
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We finally have some bins back
After years of trying to make it understood to Camden Council and the rubbish collection company Veolia, TFL and local social landlord Clarion that the flats are too small to store rubbish long and that this aggravated the dumping of rubbish on the streets, there are finally the first signs of hearing us – after…
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Camden considering waste collection twice a week at Kings Cross streets
Notes from our wonderful neighbour Jenny of Acton Street: Meeting 14th Sept. 2020 Four residents met up with Frazer Valdez and the Manager of the Collection service at 11.00 a.m.The meeting took about 3/4 of an hour.I have to say that the street looked better than usual! However, this didn’t stop us and the following…
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Meet Camden’s Waste Collection Manager on Mo 14.9.2020
Camden’s Senior Area Monitoring Officer Manager Fraser Valdez and the Manager of the Collection Service will be on Acton Street on Monday 14th of September 2020 at 11.00 am to learn more about the waste in the area. To meet them and share your experiences simply come to Acton Street at that time.
WC1X - South East of Kings Cross 