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I'm not sure that's right. Presumably the decline in buying newspapers and reduction in packaging isn't just a Brighton thing, it's happened across the country. You can't compare tonnage because councils have vastly different populations, all you can do is look at the waste collected/recycled...

You could argue that the rate of decline in recycling is reducing if you were clutching at straws, yes although given that they are still dropping places compared with other councils over the period even that would suggest that most other councils around that position are better at reducing the...

How about this then: different tables from a different website showing overall recycling rates over the past few years. Not sure why but this one has 352 different councils and Brighton dropping from 322 when the Greens took over to 327th. http://www.letsrecycle.com/councils/league-tables/...

But as I've explained ALL councils have suffered the same cuts so the Greens are starting are on a level playing field money-wise with every other council. They are also starting with a very low base point because, as you rightly point out, we were 302nd when they took over so it should have...

Focus on its core activities and the ones that people will vote for them. The 20 mph speed limit, for a start that has cost millions and no-one likes and has had questionable effect should have been quietly shelved. Invest that money in recycling and waste collection. We're a tourist town and...

Err...yes. All councils suffered budget cuts, Brighton wasn't alone in this. If there's one thing that you would think having a Green council should guarantee it's that the recycling rates would improve, it's part of their DNA and their mantra. They made it a pledge to hit the 70% mark according...

Ouch, I've split my sides.

...and what about recycling rates? Latest figures from SITA website http://www.sita.co.uk/waste-as-a-resource/recycling-in-the-uk Brighton ranked 306th out of 326th in the country and if that isn't bad enough they dropped 4 places since the Greens took power. No garden waste collected...

Number 1 was never going to work, if number 5 was centrally funded then they could hardly claim to have "created an ambitious programme", number 7 had cross-party support even before the 2011 election, number 8 (the 20 mph speed limit) is only in one or two areas in particular and...

but you posted this earlier: They inherited a town with very high bus usage, it didn't need to be a priority. Actually, I don't remember them saying that encouraging bus usage was their priority when they campaigned in the last local elections. It certainly wasn't one of their policies from...

That doesn't seem a particularly pressing issue given that apparently bus use in B&H is the highest outside of London according to a previous post of yours.

Nexus who run the buses in Tyneside are also a highly successful bus franchise. It's clear that it can be done, that other councils have looked at it and thought it worthwhile and the comparison with trying to nationalise the railways is not a fair one. We're talking about a bus company within a...

Not so, apparently. Tyne and Wear council laid plans before its regional assembly late last year to take back control of the buses in order to save bus routes from being axed. "Councillors met yesterday at Newcastle Civic Centre to agree a recommendation to start the process needed to take over...

They may not directly run them but the council has a big say in the buses and also provide substantial funding. This from The Argus just earlier this month: http://www.theargus.co.uk/opinion/comment/11800765.Impact_of_bus_cuts/ Quite simply, B&H Buses should have a lot more pressure brought to...

I disagree vehemently. For instance, their handling of the binmen's pay dispute has looked like amateur hour and I'm appalled that the recycling rates in B&H are worse than in neighbouring councils. This should be a flagship policy. The town is filthy. Some parts are squalid with rubbish, it's...