waste disposal & traffic

• Apathy amongst residents, a lack of recycling bins in public spaces & inadequacies in kerbside recycling ---> Portsmouth has one of the lowest recycling rates in the UK
• What is being done about recycling issues?

  New black wheelie bins introduced to every household
• Toxic, unsightly waste is dumped illegally along the Hilsea lines (domestic & industrial)
• What is being done to prevent waste being dumped illegally?

  Signs have been displayed to warn people against flytipping.
• Narrow grid-iron roads, a high population density, inadequate public transport & only three roads into the city have led to worsening traffic congestion.
• What is being done about the worsening traffic congestion?

  A park-and-ride site close to the M275 motorway has been introduced to reduce traffic into the inner city.