Mayfield Avenue Bottle Bank

At the 7th Jan Southgate Forum Helen and I chatted to Terry Smith after the meeting and gave him a drawing (beautifully done by myself ;-)) of the proposed site for a bottle bank at the bottom of Mayfield Avenue, which is on the grass verge that currently has five trees on it, behind which is a car park. This bank is purportedly to serve the residents of Pruden Close, who currently place their rubbish bins at the sheds at the bottom of Pruden Close road. So the issues are:

1. Why are they placing a bottle bank at the bottom of Mayfield Avenue to serve Pruden Close instead of placing it in the area that Pruden Close residents currently use for their waste?
2. Why if they MUST place it at the top of Pruden Close do they not position it in the corner of the Car park there, rather than demolish three trees and tarmac over a perfectly decent piece of greenery?

Since this meeting Terry called me to say that he has been in talks with the Housing section that is handling this and has confirmed the following:
1. The "bottle bank" will actually be a small recycling unit
2. It is for the residents of Pruden Close, NOT for the general public
3. Pruden Close residents will have a chance to vote for whether they want this or not, if apathy rules or the vote is negative it will not happen
4. The council cannot place the unit where the dustbins are right now as it is already difficult for lorries to get down there
5. If the recycle unit is to be built the likelyhood is that they will place it in the car park, BEHIND the tree outcrop.
6. If for whatever reason they decide they MUST place it on the tree outcrop they have made an assurance to Terry Smith that NO trees will be chopped down.

So thats it for now. The story is not over but it is getting clearer.