Looking at the photo above, you can probably easily guess that the painted cylinder running up the core area isn't structural. Indeed it is a refuse shoot, and these are located throughout the estate in similar locations. The problem?... Well despite the logical nature of the system, the capacity avaliable just isn't practical at all for typical general waste.
The next photo above shows a similar refuse shoot access point on one of the upper floors. As you can see, the openable tray designed for the tenant to insert refuse into the shoot is far too small for a typical black bin liner. Therefore it is very common that these access points are frequently littered with discarded bags. This in turn puts strain on the refuse collection workforce and makes the areas themselves unpleasant and certainly unhygienic. In some estates huge signs can be found warning of fines to those who dump their rubbish bags in this manner... The source of the problem has been clearly neglected...There is most definitely scope here to tackle this problem, whether we might decide to focus on dealing with the idea of overloaded capacity, re-defining routes or the processes involved in such waste disposal or designing a new system for the tenants all together.
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It might be worth looking into the proposals for the Park Hill rennovation scheme. Park Hill flats have a similar waste system, except theirs is a water shoot!
I wonder how Urban Splash are proposing to tackle this?
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