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Isn't it great when you know that your collection is at the same time week in, week out? Ours is about 11am to 11.30 with the cardboard van coming about half an hour after. Obviously knowing this you get into a routine. Ours was to get one of the lads to do it just as they left for school! :D

Imagine my thoughts when just before eight this morning the cardboard van was coming down the street!! Managed to collar the chap who was on foot to say 'won't be minute' and gave him our load. Having a chat to say 'You're early' he went on to explain that they were trying some new routes. 'The stuff is supposed to be out at 7.30 anyway' he said. I replied that I knew this but people are now in a routine (like us) and he said that was probably why there wasn't much about!!

Why couldn't they have put something in the press or posted a flyer through last time to warn people??

Anyway folks - for the next two weeks get your stuff out at 7.30 'cos you may be missed!!

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Always put bins out before I walk the dog coz never know when they gonna pick up.............and if I don't do it then I forget :D

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here in Blackburn our recycling comes once a fortnight, we have a big black wheelie bin for everything, cardboard, paper, cans, tins, cartons, yoghurt pots etc...its a lot easier than having to put out seperate things and then they get blown away and make the streets look a mess, maybe HBC should do the same

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They normally get round here at 8-20 its now 9-10 and no sign of them and with this wind the street looks like a rubbish tip with bottles and tins and blue bags all over the place:D

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Some people just don't think about the wind factor when putting their bags out - there's stuff everywhere today!

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Who needs the wind?. Round here the yobs distribute the rubbish without any help.:(

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I put mine out before the school trek on Wednesday... came back home at around 10am and it was all over the street!
Of course I had to go round picking it all up and putting it back in the bags

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Mines always out for 7.30, thats normally when they collect anyway (am not far from the depot) but the normal bins its normally around lunch time but were early this week, bins had been emptied by 10am - luckily i always put mine out around 7.30 anyway, last thing id need is to miss the collection

I've had the same problem with my recycling though as they were later this week, had to pick it up off the street before i went out, not too happy, had to chase my blue bag aswell

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Absolutely havent a clue what time they come as Im gone for work so I gather and bag up securely the night before

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If you lot think the rubbish now blowing around is bad, wait until food recycling starts...half-eaten butties, pizza crusts, teabags, bits of curry...all over the street.

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FOOD RECYCLING????????

U havin' a larf???? The Council will have to come up with a decent receptacle to contain food waste. It would have to prevent smells and be easy to clean, with a decent fitting lid that animals can't dislodge.

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I'm deadly serious, as always.

A number of councils now recycles anything biodegradable (mainly food) for compost. I think Preston now has recycling; I know here in Tower Hamlets we've had it for a year or so. Each residence gets a little container (like an ice box) which you line with a biodegrad. bag; you stick your food waste in this and when full, take it outside and empty it in one of the food wheelie bins. These are emptied once a week, but not before the local yobs have knocked 'em over.

The funny thing is, all the other recyclable stuff - cardboard, metal, glass, paper, plastic - all goes togeather into one other bin.

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Once you put it out on the street after following their rules it becomes their rubbish and their responsibility.

How can it be your fault it blew all over the road because someone at HBC had a stupid idea of using light weight bags on windy days?

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Mine don't blow all over Neil!! If you ensure they are stood up right and you put your paper recycling bag on top it all stays as is.
Problem is people don't think when they put them out.

EDIT: Some thieving git has just nicked my box and bags!!!!!!! Theirs probably got blown away, just went out to get mine and there they are disappearing down the street!!! ME NOT HAPPY!!!!

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Our cardboard collection is on a thursday with everything else but its turned up today.....5 days later, no wonder the binmen were stood around looking gormless and scratching their heads, no doubt wondering where all the cardboard was..........

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They always miss my cardboard when i put it out so i end up having to get Alec to take it to the cardboard skip at the tip.

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our box n bags had blown away last friday morning. thought box had been nicked once again. not a happy bunny, wonder why our councilors aint had owt to say on this thread?:mad:

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[quote=cashman;698374 wonder why our councilors aint had owt to say on this thread?:mad:[/quote]


Because they know its a crap idea..........................

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sods law in it!
You put it out early, they come late, you put it out late they come early....so ya better off just putting it out early;)

job done!

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The recycling bags are a naff idea, the binmen lose some of the contents, but dont bother to pick it up again, then just throw the blue bags in the garden, just so you can retrieve it from the end of the street at night.

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No brownie points or votes to be gained on this one?

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my sentiments exactly.:rolleyes:

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Recycling day today they came at the usual time 9-30am no probs:D

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Thats exactly what happens round here.............although you are lucky if you get your bag back at all:rolleyes:

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If I don't pick it up.. I know they won't
I certainly don't wanna be contributing to the mess in the streets lol

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I agree..........Ben & jerry`s tubs, wine bottles, Dorito`s packets.........;)

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Least they aint wine "boxes" :p

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You don't need wine boxes AccyLass, your always in the Railway:D

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With my glass of coke..... yes:rolleyes: :p

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Right....it's official....see today's Lancs Telegraph...you'll all be getting your foodie bins shortly and on top of that you may well be looking at a once every three weeks collection.

Don't say I didn't tell you.

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We are all going to have to move out of our houses soon to accomodate all the recycling bins :(

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I wonder if the bins get recycled?

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Lancashire to introduce food bins - but Blackburn with Darwen opts for incinerator (From Lancashire Telegraph)

I don`t have any food waste........It all gets eaten or composted.....:confused:

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I don't have a garden, so composting is not an option.
I have to carry my blue box, my cardboard boxes, white bag and blue bag down 13 concrete steps to put them out for collection at the crack of dawn. - so being washed and dressed at that early hour is already an intrusion on my laid back lifestyle.

What I need to know now is whether I can accumulate my eggshells and crusts in plastic bags so that I can deposit food waste in this blue bin once a day, or will I have to make a trip down 13 concrete steps every time I crack an egg:rolleyes:

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I'm at a little bit of a lose here, I don't a wheelie bin but orange sacks, will I get blue plastic sacks for the food stuffs :confused::rolleyes::D

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Anyone else spot the 2 reasons this scheme should not happen?

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i wonder who is the leader of this crackpot idea?:rolleyes:

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The system...........Too many 'thinking' civil servants in too many jobs that have been created to keep these 'Job for life' people in employment with the help of too many councillors at all levels who have have'nt a bloody clue what day it is.

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if its the system,why have "Blackburn n Darwen" opted out? sorry that don't wash.:)

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Same applies in Blackburn with Darwen...they could'nt organise a wet.

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A lot of these issues are wrapped in European RED TAPE too Roy:rolleyes:

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Not my choice. :eek:

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these bins are going to stink to the high heavens in the summer if they are full of decomposing foodstuffs...just think of the flies and maggots..

I am all for leaving my blue wheelie bin the back lane - letting someone take it and not have one..they arent exactly going to police who has one and who doesnt..I dont have the space for one and with 2 dogs and a compost bin and a greedy toddler - we dont accrue much if any food waste..

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And are they going to expect you to welk out to the bin each time your cooking in the kistchen to throw the scraps in?

Just wont happen.

I'll use it for other stuff though :D

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Just had a knock at the door, and a rather attractive young man was on our avenue offering a service of bin cleaning. They come around every 4 weeks and completely cleanse the bin and leave it nicely smelling, with a choice of smells (take note MargaretR.. :)). Only £2.50.

Haven't joined up yet, but have taken his card and am thinking about it, even though I wrap up all food left-overs, put them in another bag, and then everything goes in a black bin bag before disposing in the domestic bin.
Does get a bit smelly. Mmmm .. very enterprising ... will think about it.

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Somebody has got an eye for business kate, and the price is reasonable too, fair play the the guy:mosher:

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I thought that too Jaysay, he had been doing it for about 4 years now, but had never heard of such a service before.

Didn't see it, but he explained had some sort of special 'vehicle' which lifted it and did it all for them ... so that would have been heavy capital I expect initially. All we had to do was leave it out on the drive after every other domestic bin collection (in my case Wednesdays), and that's when they would treat it.

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Like that old saying kate "where there's muck there's brass":D

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I don't think I need that service. I only have 4 or 5 carrier bags of non recyclable waste in mine at the collection date. I double up the bags, because some do have small holes, and I tightly knot the handles to avoid leaks.
The only problem I have is when other people use my bin - it is accessible to passersby. This has stopped happening since the red dog bins were installed nearby.

Another point that deters me - 'a choice of smell' - sounds like they are using cheap nasty fresheners. I don't want to have to hold my breath every time I lift the lid.