OurHants

Doesn't do much, but what it does do it does well!

So let’s set the scene, I’ve booked on the app (the latest 5 month old version) and I have some old broken paving slabs to dispose of. My memory tells me it should be about £6, I can live with that. I arrive at my local Recycling Centre (AKA the dump - I’ve lived here a long time) the team are always polite, friendly and helpful. I said “I’ve got two bags of stone, where do I pay?” “You don’t pay anymore sir, have you booked?” was the reply. I said “of course I use the app now it’s a doddle.” “Ahhh, but have you ‘booked’ the DIY waste?” I could go on, but you can tell the ending. The long and the short is that the app DOESN’T ALLOW YOU TO BOOK DIY WASTE, I couldn’t find it on the app and pure dogged determination made me look for a way to complete the task. So, I found that there is a drop down menu allowing the specific disposal of DIY Waste as referenced by the operator when you use web pages (Safari or the like) to input your booking. The Recycling Centre team were great and I went back two hours later and correctly disposed of my waste. So dear council - sort it out promptly please and update the app to reflect the new processes. By allowing residents to dispose of DIY waste at no cost you should go some way to alleviating the ugly fly tipping at the back of Portsdown Hill. Then you can hammer the miscreants with a far larger fine… My job here is done - thank you.

Instead the keyboard defaults to a telephone key pad so can’t enter numbers etc. try again in a few months

I thought booking a trip to the recycling dump would be as painful as the website - putting the same details in each time. I was pleasantly surprised that my profile enabled default options. A great touch and a slick user interface - nice work!

After downloading the app and first use was to book a slot. After arriving on time I was sent away because my car had 2 bags of diy waste. This is only bookable via the website. Total waste of time and petrol, apps need’s updating like the website. Don’t download until fixed.