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A Lincoln man says he was turned away from a recycling centre after trying to dispose of old guttering from his mother's home. Peter Allen, 39, took the plastic guttering to Lincoln's household waste recycling centre after replacing it, but was told it could not be accepted under the council's rules on DIY waste. Lincolnshire County Council said its policy had not changed and that residents could bring only small quantities of DIY waste to recycling centres.
But Allen said the rules were confusing and feared they were "just going to lead to fly-tipping". Allen said staff initially told him the guttering could be recycled as hard plastic, but he was later informed it could not be accepted because it fell under the council's discretionary waste policy. The policy allows residents to bring the equivalent of one bin full (100 litres) or two 50-litre bags of soil, rubble, plasterboard, or a combination of those materials, per visit.
It also allows single items measuring no more than 6ft 7in (2m) long, 2ft 6in (750mm) wide and 2ft 4in (700mm) deep. As the guttering was less than 6ft 7in (2m) long, the council confirmed Allen would have been allowed to bring one piece per visit, up to a maximum of four visits in a four-week period. Lincolnshire County Council said: "As we cannot accept commercial or industrial waste, the rules are enforced by our site staff in determining what classes as a small quantity of DIY waste."
Source: BBC
