100 signatures reached
To: Angus Council Recycling Members and Officers Group
Stop the closure of the Forfar and Kirriemuir recycling centres.
We are campaigning for the newly established Members and Officers group on Angus Council to scrap plans to merge Forfar and Kirriemuir centres into a giant Superskip at Padanaram.
It would cost money, lead to more fly-tipping, and make it even harder to recycle.
The more signatures we have, the more support we can show for scrapping the plans.
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Why is this important?
The previous council administration in Angus went ahead with a re-organisation of recycling facilities across the county. As part of that, they planned to close Forfar and Kirriemuir recycling centres and build a 'superskip' at Padanaram.
This would have cost thousands of pounds, led to a worse service, and it would have caused an increase in fly-tipping. It would have also blighted the local community in Padanaram.
The plans simply didn't make sense.
Following the council elections and public opposition, the new administration decided to pause the plans for 10 weeks to look at everything in detail once more, setting up a Members and Officers group which will come up with a new report.
This is a welcome delay, but we are pushing the council to go further.
If we can show public opposition to the plans in Forfar and Kirriemuir we can change these proposals.
We don't believe the merger makes sense and at a time of cuts in public funding, won't save money.
Please sign, and show your opposition to the plans.
