Cyclists banned from Hereford tip during coronavirus outbreak

Once we get to the point where it's deemed that you're only "safe" in your car, we're in serious trouble. 

Below is an extract from the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Check out para (2) - the disposal site has to be accessible to people living in the area served by the Council.

Banning non-motorised users (and then in this case, confounding his work-around: staggeringly stupid) is at best against the spirit of the Act and at worst, a breach thereof.  

I suggest Ralf complains to the local government ombudsman.  The Council (or its contractors) has to act reasonably - it has not done so in this case. 
 

51Functions of waste disposal authorities.

(1)It shall be the duty of each waste disposal authority to arrange—

(a)for the disposal of the controlled waste collected in its area by the waste collection authorities; and

(b)for places to be provided at which persons resident in its area may deposit their household waste and for the disposal of waste so deposited;

F1. . . .

(2)The arrangements made by a waste disposal authority under subsection (1)(b) above shall be such as to secure that—

(a)each place is situated either within the area of the authority or so as to be reasonably accessible to persons resident in its area;

(b)each place is available for the deposit of waste at all reasonable times (including at least one period on the Saturday or following day of each week except a week in which the Saturday is 25th December or 1st January);

(c)each place is available for the deposit of waste free of charge by persons resident in the area;

but the arrangements may restrict the availability of specified places to specified descriptions of waste.

(3)A waste disposal authority may include in arrangements made under subsection (1)(b) above arrangements for the places provided for its area for the deposit of household waste free of charge by residents in its area to be available for the deposit of household or other controlled waste by other persons on such terms as to payment (if any) as the authority determines.

Its the same in Waverley (SW Surrey) banning cycles and walk ins since before lockdown I was told it's for ANPR reasons so they can record who is dropping off waste.

"because they cannot offer “mutual protection” by winding up a car window"

Ok, so half the message has got through - the bit about mutual protection. Now, if we can only get them to understand the purpose of ordinary facemasks - er, mutual protection. Much simpler than carting around a window on wheels with an engine attached.

I went to The Ludlow Advertiser story, I like the look of Ralf's cargo bike, could be e assist.  Pretty much perfect for transporing that big bag of waste to the site.

Could be an Urban Arrow Flatbed, someone suggested it in the comments, curved seat stays kind of gives it away.

At some point I want to get a Surly Ted trailer, big load capacity, big shops, maybe some furniture moves and perhaps taking waste to the dump, if they will let me.  Don't like to always rely on the better half and her tiny car.

This one has tipped me over edge! I am fucking sick of people having a go at "me and my kind" because we sometimes choose not to get about in a monster truck or some other over engineered bastard vehicle. Every where I go, every media outlet I look at, there's a chippy gobby twat questioning everything I do. I wouldn't dream of cycling to my tip, I have a NORMAL road bike and a normal mtb, one rucksack doesn't dent the mountain of rubbish I need to get rid of and 12 miles is too far to walk. But it is no more dangerous to walk or ride to my tip, until you're in there when all the clueless cunts are trying to drive their mahoosive vehicles forwards and backwards and also work their phones and not kill their spouses

Clearly just another cycle hater in charge making decisions.  Perhaps they'd had to wait for a few seconds behind a bike the day they decided this policy.

I used to live close to my local recycling centre, and walked there with my dead toaster and walked through the gate, when an operative rushed over to me and told me pedestrians weren't allowed.  I pointed out that all the drivers became pedestrians when they got out to actually dump the rubbish and he said "that's different" and I wasn't allowed to dump the toaster or I'd be in trouble.  I walked to the small electrical bin, threw in the toaster and walked out.

Despite being a notorious criminal, I still retain my freedom.  And now I've moved they'll never catch me.

get one of these bad boys for the cargo bike, problem sorted?!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B082CZ8G6K/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ZQSVEbS8MYBCX

Our local tips have long been car only, presumably for some spurious health and safety rule. I would hope that one outcome of this crisis is that this sort of nonsense is ended

“The crazy thing is once you get into the site you get out of your car and dump your rubbish,” he said. “Everyone was getting out of their car once they got in there.”

This. But also:

“At the gate, staff are asking customers who arrive in motor vehicles to wind up their windows and read simple instructions before entering the recycling centre, creating a barrier against infection."

So they're approaching cars and talking to the occupants first (presumably through open windows; risk) to ask them to wind their window up to reduce that risk when driving from there to the bit where they're allowed to get out of their car and be a free-range risk?

TBH, I was surprised the tip normally allowed cyclists or pedestrians at all - my nearest is a car-only zones.

So how do the people unload their waste unless by getting out of the car? And surely if no real interaction is going on with the site staff at the entrance apart from reading  a sign, the cyclist would be on the "passenger side" so 2 m distance approximately.