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By Emma Draper - Local Democracy Reporter

Over the weekend there were reports of long queues at the civic amenity site in Douglas, with some people struggling to adjust to the new system of fortnightly waste collections.

 

The Eastern Civic Amenity Site is one of the only other places Douglas residents can dispose of general waste and garden waste if their bin is too full.

 

A statement from the amenity site has been sent to the Local Democracy Reporting Service and says that Sunday was busy but was ‘more likely caused by several contributory factors rather than any direct relationship to the Council’s new waste collection system’.

 

The statement goes on to say that weather influences when people go to the site and the poor weather on Saturday meant more people decided to go on Sunday.

 

The site confirmed it also expects it to be busy at this time of year because it is the end of the growing season when people do their last garden cuts

 

When asked about what items can be taken to the site apart from general waste, the council said recyclable materials, garden waste, waste oil, white goods, fluorescent tubes, some DIY material, batteries, textiles, metals, TVs, computers and monitors are all accepted.

 

The new fortnightly refuse collection service in Douglas has been running since September 26 and site operators believe any increase in activity, five weeks later, would not necessarily be due to this.

 

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