Binmen and council policy
07 June 2005, 02:17 PM
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We have 4 wheelie bins where I live, black for normal waste, silver for tins, cardboard etc to be recycled, green for paper and brown for garden waste (which has to be paid for). The black bin is emptied one week and the silver the next. If you have your bin lid sticking up a tiny bit they wont empty it - health and safety - and as for collecting bags left at the side of the bins, forget it!
07 June 2005, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by **************
I told her fine i'll compress what I put in the bin so ******* much next week when they turn up it will take them a lot longer to empty the bin than just pick up two extra bags.
07 June 2005, 02:18 PM
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I used to get this with Bristol City council at my old house. The service got worse and worse, and we had to take our bins to "collection points" that got further and further away so the binmen didn't tire their little legs. They even gave my wheelie bin a "parking ticket" once! 
We had to take our bins to the end of a lane on the morning of the collection so we'd do that then go to work. I came home one day and found all the bins that were still at the end of the lane had notices stuck to them saying that we were not to leave them by the side of the road after they had been emptied and if we did then they would "tow" our wheelie bin!
Obviously I phoned them and told them:
a) I had no intention of waiting around or taking time off work on the off-chance the binmen would come just so I could retrieve my bin the instant it had been emptied.
b) if they did confiscate my wheelie bin then next week's rubbish would be tipped in the middle of the road!
Needless to say they decided not to enforce that loony rule!
I see that this new "one bin per household" thing has come at the same time they have made fly tipping punishable with up to 5 yrs in the clink!
So expect pikeys to be allowed to continue dumping, whilst law abiding people with large families will be imprisoned for "fly tipping" their refuse sacks next to their wheelie bins!
We had to take our bins to the end of a lane on the morning of the collection so we'd do that then go to work. I came home one day and found all the bins that were still at the end of the lane had notices stuck to them saying that we were not to leave them by the side of the road after they had been emptied and if we did then they would "tow" our wheelie bin!
Obviously I phoned them and told them:
a) I had no intention of waiting around or taking time off work on the off-chance the binmen would come just so I could retrieve my bin the instant it had been emptied.
b) if they did confiscate my wheelie bin then next week's rubbish would be tipped in the middle of the road!
Needless to say they decided not to enforce that loony rule!
I see that this new "one bin per household" thing has come at the same time they have made fly tipping punishable with up to 5 yrs in the clink!
So expect pikeys to be allowed to continue dumping, whilst law abiding people with large families will be imprisoned for "fly tipping" their refuse sacks next to their wheelie bins!
07 June 2005, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by OllyK
Another environment destroyer, just what we need.
Most of the stuff they collect for re-cycling causes more environmental damage through being recycled than creating brand new. Prime example the use of chlorine and other harmful bleaching agents to re-cycle paper which otherwise comes from sustainable forests, i.e. for every tree cut, at least 1 is planted in its place, which is far better.
Most of the stuff they collect for re-cycling causes more environmental damage through being recycled than creating brand new. Prime example the use of chlorine and other harmful bleaching agents to re-cycle paper which otherwise comes from sustainable forests, i.e. for every tree cut, at least 1 is planted in its place, which is far better.
07 June 2005, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs WRX
If you have your bin lid sticking up a tiny bit they wont empty it - health and safety
In case the binman falls into it or what?
07 June 2005, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs WRX
We have 4 wheelie bins where I live, black for normal waste, silver for tins, cardboard etc to be recycled, green for paper and brown for garden waste (which has to be paid for). The black bin is emptied one week and the silver the next. If you have your bin lid sticking up a tiny bit they wont empty it - health and safety - and as for collecting bags left at the side of the bins, forget it!
07 June 2005, 02:20 PM
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http://www.libertyhaven.com/politics...ecycling.shtml
Another perspective on recycling.
Your cite seems to be suggesting we should recycle paper as to not do so causes global warming - something that is far from widely accepted as a genuine phenomenon anyway, especially as 20 years ago the green nuts were telling us the world was cooling and we were heading for another ice age.
Another perspective on recycling.
Your cite seems to be suggesting we should recycle paper as to not do so causes global warming - something that is far from widely accepted as a genuine phenomenon anyway, especially as 20 years ago the green nuts were telling us the world was cooling and we were heading for another ice age.
07 June 2005, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Karl 227
In case the binman falls into it or what?
07 June 2005, 02:47 PM
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They have a blue and green bin thing here in Toronto, so you're meant to recycle things.
The joke is, the stuff gets put in the same trucks as usual waste and is separated at the depot.
What's the point in me wasting my time, working out what type of plastic this container is, when they would do this at the depot?
My separating the waste is taking the job of someone who can do it for me I don't get paid to do it, and I can't really be bothered to do it.
I would guess that recycling plants still sift the waste to remove items people have put in the wrong bins, so what is the point in us doing it?
The above is one of the reasons why I don't recycle. If I was paid to do it, ah, then I might, just might, consider doing it, apart from that, I've never been given a good enough reason to do it.
Comments from hippies going on about "Preserving our planet for the next generation" don't do anything. I like the theory of Gaia (Mainly from "Edge of Darkness") whereby the earth will protect itself from Man, black flowers will grow upon the face of the earth, melting the ice caps, flooding the land, killing man, and then the world will start again.
If that's the case, then mother nature will probably win and wipe us all out, so why bother.
That or we'll simply leave this planet and go and start on another one
The joke is, the stuff gets put in the same trucks as usual waste and is separated at the depot.
What's the point in me wasting my time, working out what type of plastic this container is, when they would do this at the depot?
My separating the waste is taking the job of someone who can do it for me
I don't get paid to do it, and I can't really be bothered to do it.I would guess that recycling plants still sift the waste to remove items people have put in the wrong bins, so what is the point in us doing it?
The above is one of the reasons why I don't recycle. If I was paid to do it, ah, then I might, just might, consider doing it, apart from that, I've never been given a good enough reason to do it.
Comments from hippies going on about "Preserving our planet for the next generation" don't do anything. I like the theory of Gaia (Mainly from "Edge of Darkness") whereby the earth will protect itself from Man, black flowers will grow upon the face of the earth, melting the ice caps, flooding the land, killing man, and then the world will start again.
If that's the case, then mother nature will probably win and wipe us all out, so why bother.
That or we'll simply leave this planet and go and start on another one
07 June 2005, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Markus
That or we'll simply leave this planet and go and start on another one
07 June 2005, 03:15 PM
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Our local council started this loony idea of "if the bin lid is up a bit, the binmen will take out the item on top and leave it beside the road," until it was pointed out to them that this would actually constitute fly tipping.............:, and we've heard not a lot about it since.
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:, and we've heard not a lot about it since.Alcazar
08 June 2005, 09:25 AM
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Wokingham are superb....we put out 8-10 bags a week...ALWAYS gone by 7 am...i have NEVER seen the binmen!
Recently had probs with foxes so asked the council if we could use a wheelie bin (they arent used round here)...they said fine so we got a monster bin that makes it easy to get the bags from the garage to end of the drive...10/10!
they also take garden stuff without question (although grass clippings get chucked over the fence into the field behind the house)
Recently had probs with foxes so asked the council if we could use a wheelie bin (they arent used round here)...they said fine so we got a monster bin that makes it easy to get the bags from the garage to end of the drive...10/10!
they also take garden stuff without question (although grass clippings get chucked over the fence into the field behind the house
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08 June 2005, 09:35 AM
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Our Council are pretty lenient, they will take bags left our next to the wheely bin. They give free green sacks for garden rubbish [but you can use black ones too] and they are collected fortnightly. We were given a green box [currently being used as toy box for the dog] which one week you put bottles in and the next week - newspapers.
08 June 2005, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Dunk
8 tinnies on top of the bin at Chrimbo ensures nothing is ever left behind.
(They even went & collected it when I forgot to put it out !)
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(They even went & collected it when I forgot to put it out !)
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Would you tip a car mechanic if they left greasy finger prints over the upholstery? Do you normally give your doctor £10 before you see him to make sure he diagnoses you correctly?
08 June 2005, 10:06 AM
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I live in Northants (ths home of the scamera) and we have finally got wheeliebins 2 off one for garden rubbish and one for domestic + recycling tubs - 2 off for paper and the other for cans and bottles
Bin men will only take the wheeliebin and not bags of mixed domestic rubbish.
they will take 'bags' of cans or paper if clearly marked up.
We now recycle and rarely have more than a wheeliebin full, howevber a second child is imminant (tomorrow according to the midwife) so this may change.
I have heard of neighbours hiding domestic rubbish in the garden waste bin!
Bin men will only take the wheeliebin and not bags of mixed domestic rubbish.
they will take 'bags' of cans or paper if clearly marked up.
We now recycle and rarely have more than a wheeliebin full, howevber a second child is imminant (tomorrow according to the midwife) so this may change.
I have heard of neighbours hiding domestic rubbish in the garden waste bin!
08 June 2005, 10:09 AM
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[QUOTE=Tiggs]Wokingham are superb....we put out 8-10 bags a week...ALWAYS gone by 7 am...i have NEVER seen the binmen!
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I won't say Wokingham are anything other than 'OK'. They'll ntake garden waste - but only one bag per week. Unless of course you put it in a black bag with some other stuff and they can't tell the difference ....
Right little Hitlers down the tip though - 'Oi, that stuff goes back down there under the 'rotten, treated timber covered in slugs' pile' ....
Agree with the recycling bit - why the hell should we do the binmens job for them? And it won't save the planet anyway. As for lack of land fill sites I can think of a few towns that should be buried .....
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I won't say Wokingham are anything other than 'OK'. They'll ntake garden waste - but only one bag per week. Unless of course you put it in a black bag with some other stuff and they can't tell the difference ....
Right little Hitlers down the tip though - 'Oi, that stuff goes back down there under the 'rotten, treated timber covered in slugs' pile' ....
Agree with the recycling bit - why the hell should we do the binmens job for them? And it won't save the planet anyway. As for lack of land fill sites I can think of a few towns that should be buried .....
Dave
08 June 2005, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by SJ_Skyline
Watford council is going to stop collecting if you don't recycle... So the binmen are going to be paid to go through your rubbish and determine if you could have recycled better? FFS!! Sounds similar to hospital porters deciding who gets treated first (anybody with a long enough memory?)
I suggest you take your excess down to the local council office and put it in their bins
Alternatively, (and this HAS been done) gift wrap your rubbish, leave it on the back seat of your car with the window open.
I suggest you take your excess down to the local council office and put it in their bins
Alternatively, (and this HAS been done) gift wrap your rubbish, leave it on the back seat of your car with the window open.
08 June 2005, 10:29 AM
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In Barnet we have a recycle bin and a green bin for all garden cuttings. It's not hard to sort your waste out.
Regards the OP, I have to agree with the council. Some of our neighbours put out shed loads of waste outside their bins each week yet we pay the same bloody council tax. Why should we subsidise them? Some are so lazy they they leave old tvs, microwaves etc next to the bin thinking it's the council's job to pick them up.
Regards the OP, I have to agree with the council. Some of our neighbours put out shed loads of waste outside their bins each week yet we pay the same bloody council tax. Why should we subsidise them? Some are so lazy they they leave old tvs, microwaves etc next to the bin thinking it's the council's job to pick them up.
08 June 2005, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by the moose
The recycling thing is scary though, because you soon realise just how many bottles and plastic containers you get through.
08 June 2005, 11:06 AM
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Its not hard to sort your waste out? Well it is when you only have one wheelie bin! They want us to recycle but don't give us seperate bins. So what am I supposed to do, bag my stuff up seperately and make my own trips to the tip? If so then why the **** am I paying a portion of my council tax to pay for binmen who no longer take all my waste 
08 June 2005, 11:36 AM
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Chiltern is pretty ****. will only take rubbish(non recycleable) in recycleable bags, they will leave the normal black ones there. Well until the missus sent an email to them saying she will inform the environmental agency, they soon took them Food waste every 2 wks so can get abit stinky...
Food waste every 2 wks so can get abit stinky...
08 June 2005, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by InvisibleMan
Chiltern is pretty ****. will only take rubbish(non recycleable) in recycleable bags, they will leave the normal black ones there. Well until the missus sent an email to them saying she will inform the environmental agency, they soon took them Food waste every 2 wks so can get abit stinky...
Food waste every 2 wks so can get abit stinky...
08 June 2005, 05:53 PM
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Watford council is going to stop collecting if you don't recycle... So the binmen are going to be paid to go through your rubbish and determine if you could have recycled better?
Around here it's the main bin emptied every other week only, and no extras taken. The other week in two they take garden waste (also must be in a wheelie bin). One week in two they take away the recyclable stuff.
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08 June 2005, 06:16 PM
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our council have issued a policy statment from the coincil and refuse partnership (FFS)
it lists there expectations, and your obligations!!!!!
two pearlers are.....
in the event of a bank holiday place your rubbish out on the normal day of collection before 7am!!!! ... please note the collection may be delayed for 24 hrs!!!!
expectation..
in the event that your rubbish is not collected we will collect it on the same day
obligation
providing you inform us before 5pm on the day of collection
FFS FFS talk about shaft you!!!
oh and if you dont agree they will enforce some legislation to do as they say..
and a christmas box they can go F**** themselves..
we now get one 250 litre wheelie bin for plastic... which if filled thats you lot...
and wait for it they even give a list of what they will and wont take in the bin... yoghurt pots and margerine tubs are out... milk bottles ok
do they want to promote recycling or not
its time we told these faceless ******* who pays there wages...
Nl partnerships.... black boxes shop your neighbour they have more than you .. report them..
here comes the socialist state..
were being crushed people... or are you that blinkered!!!!
M
it lists there expectations, and your obligations!!!!!
two pearlers are.....
in the event of a bank holiday place your rubbish out on the normal day of collection before 7am!!!! ... please note the collection may be delayed for 24 hrs!!!!
expectation..
in the event that your rubbish is not collected we will collect it on the same day
obligation
providing you inform us before 5pm on the day of collection
FFS FFS talk about shaft you!!!
oh and if you dont agree they will enforce some legislation to do as they say..
and a christmas box they can go F**** themselves..
we now get one 250 litre wheelie bin for plastic... which if filled thats you lot...
and wait for it they even give a list of what they will and wont take in the bin... yoghurt pots and margerine tubs are out... milk bottles ok
do they want to promote recycling or not
its time we told these faceless ******* who pays there wages...
Nl partnerships.... black boxes shop your neighbour they have more than you .. report them..
here comes the socialist state..
were being crushed people... or are you that blinkered!!!!
M