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recycle recycle , thats all we hear from the council , but do they practice wot they preach ? when the street bins throughout the borough are emptied ,does somebody spend all day seperating the kebab trays , from the bottles and cans that are deposited in the bins? i think not ,:confused:

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i bet they dont

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Garinda started a post about a year ago on similar lines, whatever rubbish the council generates itself goes to land fill because no 'commercial waste', is recycled. The 'Obbo' even stole his idea and published it.

:rolleyes:

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Here it is.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ing-25829.html

Though it was recently reported in the press that HBC buldings and offices are recycling their waste.

How?

Do they take it home?

If so they are breaking their own rules, as they threaten other businesses that do this with fines.

Hypocrisy from our council?

Surely not.

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No, I alerted them to the issue, though I didn't expect them to publish my name and address.

Still, at least people didn't have to suffer seeing a photograph of me pointing at a teabag, on a tip.:D

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My version makes you more of a swashbuckling, macho, hero of the people, You tart!
:D

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Damn.

Where's the blinkin' edit button?:D

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Instead of paying the council for trade waste stickers,why doesn't someone obtain a small baling machine and collect it free bale it and sell it, as it is nearly all waste paper and cardboard.

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You are getting excited again. I thought you said they were taking teabags home to compost. If they compost them they don't throw them away so are not breaking any rules.
Your reporting is very similar to the Observer. Have you started working for them? :p:rolleyes::D

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I saw on TV a while back about what they do with everything we throw out, theres a lot of people.. They actually do seperate each little thing. lol.

... They did on TV anyway....... lol

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Hello.

http://www.jeannieshouse.com/kennel/poodle/poodle_w.jpg

Your little mate Britcliffe was boasting in the press recently about how HBC had reached their self imposed recycling targets....not just for teabags.

How are they doing this, when no other business in Hyndburn has a lawful means to recycle, and those that do are still threatend with fines if they try?

Perhaps you could ask your master, the next time he's taking you for a walk.:D

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I may be guilty of the odd spelling mistake, but there's no factual mistakes in my reports.;)

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Of course they have. Companies have been recycling paper and separating waste for years. I have not worked for a company yet that did not separate paper, metal etc. It is not the responsibility of the Council but that of the Company to ensure it's waste is correctly handled. Yes some firms may pay for HBC trade collections. Many other businesses use companies such as Biffa, Smurfit etc etc to collect their waste.

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I used Shirleys of Blackburn for ordinary paper waste and cardboard- the confidential waste paper was collected seperately for shredding at a government facility
(when I looked after such things for Melbourne House)

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You're wrong.

As Peter Britcliffe admitted, when questioned by the Observer in the article I instigated, there is no facility in Hyndburn to recycle trade waste.

All trade waste collected by the council currently goes to landfill. There is nowhere to take the waste to be recycled, not even the tip. If the council think trade waste is being disposed off through residential recycling collections, stickers are first issued, and then letters, with the threat of heavy fines.

So quite how HBC is managing to recycle their waste at their various sites throughout the borough, is a mystery.

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Hyndburn council charge for collection from trade premises - If I recall correctly it was £350 a year (14 yrs ago) for a large lidded bin and 20p for every bag of overflow.
Therefore it is and was financial sense to separate paper waste to a paper waste recycling facility who collect it from you free and make money selling it on
letsrecycle.com - News and information for the Recycling and Waste Management Community

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Trade waste is still charged to be taken away, on top of the business rates that are paid, unlike residential waste currently being free when we pay our Council Tax.

All of it goes to landfill.

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The point I was making is that by directing waste paper to a recycling company saves paying Hynburn Council for the use of more than one large lidded bin or extra bags at 20p a go

waste paper lancashire - Google Search

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I wasn't disagreeing with you.

It would make economic, as well as ecological sense.

Then again, common sense and Hyndburn Borough Council don't make happy bed fellows.

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As you said in the last sentence above HBC don't recycle trade waste. Other waste companies operating within Hyndburn do.

What should have been stated in the paper is that HBC's Refuse Service do not recycle trade waste. There is a difference.

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That fact was stated in the paper.

Hyndburn Borough Council does not recycle any trade waste.

Fact.

Except that somehow they do now mysteriously manage to recycle their own waste.

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Maybe they are using a different contractor.
They might get a better service that way :rolleyes::D

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Talking about recycling they wont give me a green bin because they say we don't have gardens on my street.

I know have 4 bin bag's full of leaves I have just collected that have fallen from the trees in the garden they say I don't have. I have also just trimmed the hedge I don't have and then cut the grass I don't have. To say I don't have any grass the damn stuff is still growing and it was zero degrees C this morning. I think my 'virtual' grass have must have got its 'virtual' growing season mixed up.

If I had a green bin I would pick up the Council's leaves from the Council trees on the front street as well because they never bother to do it. Then again being stupid I will end up doing it anyway.

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It must be difficult for small businesses who may well have limited space for storage of cardboard and paper. I found that waste paper traders need quite a large amount to be ready for collection in order to justify free collection.
Also there are potential fire risks in storing those volumes of card and paper.

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They reckon we don't have gardens in Willows Lane either. Dunno what they think those things are outside people's houses.

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I have been battling for a green bin for 3 years - I have phoned, written, and been to the depot on Willow's Lane without success - my garden has hedges, bushes and large shrubs and I now have a 6 foot pile of garden waste.

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Didn't they have a shredder at Melbourne House then?

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Not when I was there - maybe now :)

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Thats a bit of a ******, the bins are only 5ft high :D

Have you tried contacting your local councillor ?

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They was a bottle bank a a paper bank at the back of mill street in oswaldtwistle,but they moved it and i dont nowe were it is but can you see any one takeing there cans and bottle,s to it,i dont think so.

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It's crazy when you think how many councils, government offices and banks have been in the media having lost or ditched confidential paperwork, you'd think something would be done to redress the situation.

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That's perfectly true. Since the introduction of residential recycling collections in Hyndburn, there is nowhere busineses can take their waste, which could be recycled, even if they wanted to. All of it goes to straight to landfill.

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Are the ones at Asda still there?

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Since I dont go often I don't know that, but there were some behind the Golden Cross in Ossy last time I passed. There used to be a few on Henry St Church ouside the Pioneer Club- they may still be there.

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they were on sat gayle, we had just got back, so had the misfortune to visit asda.;)

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In Lancaster, the recycling scheme is really good. We have 3 boxes: 1 for paper and tins, 1 for cardboard and glass (not broken/smashed) and 1 for plastics (not all plastics though).

If you want a compost bin then you can also request one, and pretty much everything you use can be recycled. The only thing we have to throw away in our household is the plastic trays from meat and such, because I think that the type of plastic is hard to distinguish so its hard for them to seperate.

They come and collect it all one a fortnight like they do in hyndburn, except I think its much more efficient with the box scheme rather than the sacks. The boxes are colour coded: 2 yellows and 1 red. The red is for plastic and the yellows for the 2 groups of other stuff.

I think the only problem some people may have with this scheme is if they live in small houses or flats with no garden or yard to put the boxes in, and it gets a bit of a pain keeping 3 large boxes in your house full of rubbish.