Queue watch
Only 1 person in the queue to get into Sainsbury’s local on Beckfield Lane at 12:15pm (1/4/20).
At 2:15pm
- 4 people waiting to get into the Co op on Beagle Ridge Drive
- 4 people waiting to get into Lidl on Thanet Road
- zero people queued at Tesco local on Acomb Wood Drive
Waste collection
We understand that there are around 35 York Council street service workers off sick. This includes those dealing with refuse collection. Hence the move to consolidate activities by stopping green waste collections. Waste collection teams will be segregated to help achieve 2 metre distancing rule.
No news yet on the suggestion that composting bins might be home delivered. Lots available on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garden-Compost-Bins/b?node=4224751031
https://www.gov.uk/recycling-bin
Gardening for fitness and bedding plants
Seems a shame that thousands of pounds worth of bedding plants are being allowed to rot at local gardening centre. Needs someone to arrange a remote payment, social distancing, delivery service in the City? Participants will need PPE and and a disinfecting regime but there is apparently a surfeit of volunteers while the taxi trade is currently also underused.
Background click here https://hta.org.uk/news/horticultural-sector-wiped-out-by-coronavirus.html
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