Welcome to "CROW", a campaign to restore weekly collections of waste from properties within Oxford City.

We are committed to recycling as much as possible.

We believe that for years councils have done little to encourage recycling - now our city council is trying to force people with this scheme instead of education, encouragement or reward.

There has been no proper consultation or debate with the residents.

There has been no long term research on the effects of fortnightly refuse collections.

Fortnightly refuse collections do not work in highly populated areas such as Oxford City.

Terraced houses with no rear or side access and small gardens were not designed for wheelie-bins and the fortnightly storage of waste.

We have high levels of multi-occupation housing.

In the hot summer months this scheme will create a health hazard with an increase in flies, maggots and rats.

Overflowing, obtrusive wheelie bins are already spoiling parts of Oxford.

We believe that this scheme will create an increase in fly-tipping.

We are campaigning for an improved community recycling programme and a return to weekly collections.

Reverted Councils
(Information kindly supplied by www.weeklywaste.com)

Southampton City Council

London Borough of Sutton

Leeds City Council

Plymouth City Council

Chelmsford Borough Council

Nuneaton and Bedworth District Council (3 weeks!)

North Lanarkshire Council

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Kirklees Council

Scarborough Borough Council

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

East Dunbartonshire Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Rushmoor Borough Council

Councils reverting to weekly collections for summer months only:

Epping Forest District Council

Gedling Borough Council

Councils introducing weekly food waste collections:

Teignbridge District Council

Eastleigh Borough Council

Decisions to introduce AWCs reversed:

Maidstone Borough Council

Salisbury District Council