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Topic ID 5954
04/05/2011 by water
refuse collection
My daughter had her black bin emptied by the new contractors this week and as the lid was up by the massive distance of give or take,1 inch, or 25.4 for the younger members, he took the trouble to lift out the offending black bag and leave it on the path then empty the bin.When my son in law returned from work he was sort of [:(!]
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Reply ID 81014
05/05/2011 by Kateg28
But it's the regulations init? Or is it 'elf and safety?
This utter nonsense really gets to me.
Reply ID 81017
05/05/2011 by Golden
We did have a contrary experience. I was away last week and the recycling wasn't left at the roadside, the contractors came onto our property to get the brown bins and opened up my 'recycling shed' to retrieve the boxes full of paper, glass, etc.to be honest I was unaware that the contractors had changed.
I think it is the 'regulations' that prevented them taking the bin bag from Water's daughter; unfortunately some of the 'operatives' (bin-men)don't use their common sense in these situations. I always make sure the waste is pushed well into the bin as I've learnt the hard way too. The regulations were brought in to prevent abuse of the system but surely there's always room for a little discretion?
Reply ID 81019
05/05/2011 by Joby
Had trouble closing my bin lid this week but can report that the bin has been emptied this morning (despite being full of maggots due to a presumably split bag somewhere in there...)
Reply ID 81020
05/05/2011 by Ewoowar
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Originally posted by Joby
Had trouble closing my bin lid this week but can report that the bin has been emptied this morning (despite being full of maggots due to a presumably split bag somewhere in there...)
Use stronger bags for bagging up your maggots.[;)]
Reply ID 81021
05/05/2011 by Ewoowar
I have taken to climbing on the bin and jumping up and down to get the lid shut.
Reply ID 81024
05/05/2011 by thefair1973
I'm a big fan of actually getting in my green bin (Broxbourne Council's equivalent to your brown bins) to ensure I can fit all my grass cuttings & cardboard in there. I think I prefer the scheme we have here with the purple rubbish bags. makes you recycle more if you dont have a cavernous wheelie bin to put stuff in
Reply ID 81025
05/05/2011 by Ewoowar
We recycle a lot yet still fill a black bin. I think a third of the bin may be cat littler though.
Reply ID 81027
05/05/2011 by newgirl
Did you know a lot of cat litters can go in the recyling bin (minus the lumps of course)? Mine is made out of woodchips and the lumps go down the toilet. There is also a sweetcorn kernel litter. Easy
Why is this in "Housing" [?]
Reply ID 81029
05/05/2011 by Mr P
quote:
Originally posted by Ewoowar
We recycle a lot yet still fill a black bin. I think a third of the bin may be cat littler though.
It's simpler to use the loo, but whatever makes you happy...
Reply ID 81031
05/05/2011 by Razor
What annoys me is the way they leave the bins in the middle of the pavement once they have been emptied causing obstructions all the way down the roads. Everyone leaves them neatly on or near their boundary, why cant they be returned in the same way? I havent noticed whether we have new contractors or not but if they are new as of today's collection then they are just as bad as the old ones!
Reply ID 81034
05/05/2011 by SMT
Our collection was rescheduled, according to the timetable, for Friday (i.e. tomorrow), rather than today; it's normally Thursday and so I didn't put the black bin down.
However the collection WAS today and it seems that the refuse collectors collected all the bins in our road from the houses, despite them not being left on the boundary. So I was quite impressed.
Mind you, it does annoy me when they leave the bins in the middle of the pavement or blocking the drive so I can't park! But today, they did good [:D]
Reply ID 81041
06/05/2011 by Stephen
quote:
Originally posted by Razor
I havent noticed whether we have new contractors or not but if they are new as of today's collection then they are just as bad as the old ones!
Usually it's the same crews, just new managememt.
Reply ID 81042
06/05/2011 by newgirl
Ours got collected a day early too which leaves those who keep their bins in the back gardens and hadn't got them out with a bit of a problem now - expect a maggot invasion
Reply ID 81064
06/05/2011 by James007
quote:
Originally posted by thefair1973
I'm a big fan of actually getting in my green bin
Blimey, you need to get out more [:)]
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