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I think this is a good idea, maybe not just for the above, but maybe punishment for some crimes should be labour in the community.

And round my area I am probably one of 4 houses that have a bin out on recycle day, the back is full of rubbish & Black Bags on 'Bins Day' and nothing has ever been done warnings,ect

I recon HBC only give the threat of '£1000 Fine' to people who they think might change or be able to afford it.

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when recycling first stareted in accrington i did actualy make an effort by putting my glass and paper in seperat tubs but then HBC started leaving bits and bats of rubbish in my blue tub etc as they suddenly got fussy as to what was to be taken and what wasnt so i ended up just slinging the lot in the wheelie bin


because i worked i often came home to soggy cardboard to scrape out of my tub or it was blowing all over the street

if HBC come up witha better way of recycling them i would probably do it but the current sysytem is not convinent to me so i wont :)

speaking of leaving stuff behind you shuld see the mess outside today :rolleyes:

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I think instead of fines, the selfish people who refuse to recycle and don't give a damn about the future of our environment, should be forced by the courts to pick up other people's litter, or work sorting out the rubbish at a recycling plant.:D

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We never had 'tubs', just a box and sacks. Are you sure you didn't dream you once participated?
:D

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Well Excuse Me.:D :D :D

I happen to participate every second week by putting out my 'blue box' and 'sacks'.:p

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Yes, but not 'tubs' plural.

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It was bin day across the road yesterday and our garden had it's usual collection of somebody else's escaped rubbish. My grumble with this is that once it's in my garden HBC class it as mine and I have to put it in my bin - with the result that the next day when it's our turn my bin lid won't shut!! :mad:

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excuse me my rubbish dosnt go on the floor it goes in the bin, all teh mess thats around is because recyclers stuff is left to blow about because HBC staff dont pick it up if it falls out of the containers ;)


there are some good staff that will pick up the extra binliner if somone hasnt managed to cope with 1 wheelie bin but they are under strict orders not to do it which to me is pathetic as it just means black bags getting torn apart and rubbish everywhere

HBC want to sort their own back yard out before lecturing people

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Tubs.:confused: ;) :D

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...and where does your rubbish go after you've put it in your bin?

Maybe there might be enough landfill sites for your lifetime's rubbish, though I doubt it, but what about your children, and your children's children?

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Don't know about anyone elses but round here it stays there !!. Just been to collect my wheelie bin from the end of the back street. All been emptied except 2 which are still stood there full to the brim. Can somebody explain to me regardless of the contents ( which I presumed is why they haven't been emptied) what the council expect these bins to do ? Perhaps they are going to wheel themselves to Whinney Hill, or maybe if they wait around long enough they can get kicked over by the local deadheads and the rubbish will be all over the streets. :confused:

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Well in response to my previous post at least somebody not a million miles from Accy has decided to take the binmen to task for the rubbish they leave behind :D

BINMEN could face £60 fines for leaving a village's streets in a mess when they collect residents' rubbish.

Worsthorne Parish Council is threatening to become one of the first parish authorities in the country to invoke its power to issue fixed penalty notices in order to tackle the problem left by refuse collectors.

Tony Lambert, chairman of the parish council, said they were considering the step after residents in Worsthorne were left exasperated at the "mess" the binmen had left in their village.

Complaints included the cardboard recycling bags being left by binmen and the contents being blown over and strewn across the area.

They also claim that paper from the blue recycling bags was left littering the streets after collections.

The fixed penalty notice scheme would involve parish councillors keeping an eye on binmen as they went about their job and taking down the details of anyone causing litter.

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20 binliners left on my street alone , its gonna be tidy on my street toorrow after the cats have finished