I AM disappointed Councillor Dennehy of 'Brentford' has decided to peddle false accusations, which he has already admitted are based on a complete lack of knowledge.
He obviously cares more about grabbing headlines than improving recycling in the borough and his comments have already been slated in other forums.
Indeed, it is a Labour manifesto commitment to introduce a scheme that will reward communities for recycling. However, the scheme must be implemented in a way that is right for this borough and had Mr Dennehy read on, he would have noticed another manifesto commitment not to introduce chips to our bins.
If anything, it is the Con-Lib Dem government who have recently praised and are trying to promote the intrusive chip-based rewards system in places such as Conservative Windsor, where each and every green box is measured invasively and laboriously.
Unlike the Con-Lib Dem government, we will be sticking to our manifesto pledges: Our plans will not be intrusive or use chips. In fact, if he had read his council papers he would have realised the cabinet has already agreed to rule out any chips for bins.
If through his misplaced, mischievous comments he is suggesting he does not wish to support the scheme, when introduced, then I am sure his residents in Hanger Hill will be interested to know he is denying them the opportunity for any extra funding.
He alludes that tendering for the new contract would help us chip bins too.
I appreciate he is a new councillor and eager to score some political points, but it would appear a little over eager. Chips for black bin bags? Not sure how that would work.
Perhaps he has already drawn up plans on how the Conservatives would have delivered it had they won the elections.
In any such case, I'm not interested in seeing such proposals because I have no such plans.
The only chips I want to see in our recycling bins are those in our food caddies, and through the promotion of our new kitchen caddies, being rolled out door to door to more than 95,000 households.
These small caddies, which can be kept in people's kitchens, tee off our latest recycling drive and helps everyone collect peelings, leftover food etc, before putting them into the bigger food caddy, which can be left outside ahead of collection for recycling.
We know food in black bin bags can attract foxes, birds and vermin. By rolling out these caddies, we can help reduce some of the 25 per cent of our black bags which consist of food and are sent to landfill.
COUNCILLOR BASSAM MAHFOUZ Labour councillor for Northolt West End Ealing and cabinet member for environment and transport
