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WillowTheWhisp · 09-07-2004, 08:35

In Willows Lane we have black wheelie bins. The bin men (refuse operatives or whatever the PC term is these days) don't even have to touch the contents whether they are in black bin bags or not. The wheelie bins are emptied every Wednesday (apart from Bank Holidays etc) by being hooked up to the back of the truck and then tipped in. This wasn't a torn-open-by-cats type bin bag. It was a dropped-by-the-bin-men-and-rolled-down-the-road-spilling-contents type bin bag. (Which seems to happen after they have tipped the bin's contents into the truck) The contents of the opened bag then blew all over the place.

The wheelie bins are put out either the night before or the morning of the collection. The bags are in the wheelie bins. At no time are they ever available for cats/foxes/rats or anything else to have a go at. The rubbish only appears after the contents of the wheelie bins have been tipped into the truck.

Yes I believe the council would have me for fly tipping if I did the same to them so how come this happens on such a regular basis?

Talking of fly tipping I can understand why people do that now. As a responsible rubbish disposer who had ammassed a small pile of junk (ie bits of old broken stuff) I phoned the council to ask if they could please collect it. They couldn't because they weren't taking any requests at present due to a backlog but suggested if I have transport I could take it to the tip. We hired a trailer, plonked it all in and trundled off up Whinney Hill. Were we praised for being responsible citizens? No, we were criticised for bringing too much rubbish!

Please tell me what we are supposed to do with it if not take it to the tip? Isn't that what the tip is there for?

09-07-2004, 08:35	#13
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: [b]rubbish Tip[b] In Willows Lane we have black wheelie bins. The bin men (refuse operatives or whatever the PC term is these days) don't even have to touch the contents whether they are in black bin bags or not. The wheelie bins are emptied every Wednesday (apart from Bank Holidays etc) by being hooked up to the back of the truck and then tipped in. This wasn't a torn-open-by-cats type bin bag. It was a dropped-by-the-bin-men-and-rolled-down-the-road-spilling-contents type bin bag. (Which seems to happen after they have tipped the bin's contents into the truck) The contents of the opened bag then blew all over the place. The wheelie bins are put out either the night before or the morning of the collection. The bags are in the wheelie bins. At no time are they ever available for cats/foxes/rats or anything else to have a go at. The rubbish only appears after the contents of the wheelie bins have been tipped into the truck. Yes I believe the council would have me for fly tipping if I did the same to them so how come this happens on such a regular basis? Talking of fly tipping I can understand why people do that now. As a responsible rubbish disposer who had ammassed a small pile of junk (ie bits of old broken stuff) I phoned the council to ask if they could please collect it. They couldn't because they weren't taking any requests at present due to a backlog but suggested if I have transport I could take it to the tip. We hired a trailer, plonked it all in and trundled off up Whinney Hill. Were we praised for being responsible citizens? No, we were criticised for bringing too much rubbish! Please tell me what we are supposed to do with it if not take it to the tip? Isn't that what the tip is there for? __________________