Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Sensible to re-open recycling centres
With many people at home clearing out their lofts, garages and garden sheds, not to mention those doing the jobs they have been putting off for so long, I should have thought it would be imperative to open the recycling/refuse centres at the earliest opportunity.
Social distancing has long been the norm at these centres anyway, as you have to give people space to remove items from their cars and wait your turn to put yours in the skips. The staff are also widely spaced, ensuring that the items discarded are put in the right receptacles. Regarding the extra journeys involved, I’m sure that many have always combined ‘trips to the dump’ with other necessary trips. Rather than being inundated with refuse when restrictions are lifted, why not allow the refuse centres to open at least for a limited time? both doctors and nurses but over the last few weeks I noted that the chains were being placed six metres apart and on my last visit I was the only person in the waiting room.
It was obvious that all the staff were doing their best to keep both patients and themselves safe. Obviously they need to keep themselves safe to that they can help care for all of us. Well done to them.
It is also now up to us to keep the NHS staff safe by keeping to the guidelines. Just going out on the streets at 8pm on a Thursday evening it not enough. Please everyone, think before you go out – is it really necessary?
You could be endangering not only yourselves but also our vitally important NHS workers.
Boris Johnson promised that the NHS wouldn’t be for sale.
But it’s not too late to put in place strong protection for our NHS. I would like to call on MPS to commit to amending the Trade Bill so that our health service cannot be opened up to more privatisation through trade deals.