The County Council is faced with yet more cuts in funding from Government and has concluded that "it is no longer feasible to deliver services at the same level, and in the same way".
The County Council is currently consulting on a range of options to save costs from its household waste collection sites and parishioners may wish to take part in this consultation via an on-line questionnaire (with supporting information) at www3.hants.gov.uk/hwrc2016.
Responses are being sought by 25th May.
The 3 main ways to save costs that are being considered appear to be reducing opening hours; partially closing one or more waste sites; fully closing one or more waste sites.
In each case there are a number of options (including the numbers of sites likely to be affected) - which may be based on distance to the next closest site, how busy a site is, its recycling performance, or site operating costs.
Comments made at the recent 'Plan B' workshop in the village hall suggest that changes at the Petersfield site could increase the amounts of fly-tipping around the lanes and fields of this parish.
If you think that this may be an important issue in the future, you may wish to take part in the County Council's consultation via the website mentioned above.
