• IS anyone expecting to be able to renew their garden waste collection service?

Well, it seems Camden Council have closed the service down (try to book your annual subscription on Camden.gov.uk) and it is no longer available.

In the Covid-19 lockdown more than anything residents will be taking the opportunity to work on their gardens. Covid-19 is not an excuse either as the bags are less contaminating than the hard plastic bins. So there will be a lot of garden waste that will need to be collected.

If it is not, then we will have a repeat of a couple of weeks ago when a resident burnt their garden waste in their back garden – something that is absolutely against the interests of all London when it comes to reducing smoke pollution.

Thankfully, Camden Council’s environmental services responded quickly and effectively in enforcing compliance in that case.

But this will very quickly become out of hand and unenforceable. Please Camden, reinstate the garden waste collection services immediately.

STEVE CAMERON
Parkhill Road, NW3