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WOW !!! I hope you rang the refuse department and described the offending litterbug. I bet he does not get a £1000 fine.

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I am curious as to who exactly is going to "police" the streets of Accy. Will it be the refuse collecters? ....and if they find excess black bags do they leave them as evidence or take them away?

Here are four photos, the first three taken early this morning (sorry about the quality, it was *issing down and I was getting soaked) and the last was 2 hours later after the collection.
On photo 3, the lump at the bottom right hand side was rolled up carpet.......

BTW, Excess black bags are a regular sight here along with wood and other stuff too large to get in a wheelie bin but it is ALWAYS taken, I wonder if many of my neighbours work for H.B.C.?

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I can understand where Steve Riley is comming from with is email reply. The whole of Hyndburn is suffering from litter, some areas are of course worse than others. I can not really see any major problems with HBC wheelie bin policy. Maybe someone can explain problems to me that I have missed. The use of wheelie bins instead of black bags is a very positive forward step. The days of rubbish bags ripped open by cats and dogs blowing about in the wind should have gone. I think that the people who are complaining may not have contacted HBC and asked for there help. HBC offered to assist householders with there recycling needs if they are having problems. If you have a large family and produce a lot of waste ( ie babies in nappies or several children ) you may be issued with an extra wheelie bin. the council is no longer giving out the very large bins as they found they were being damaged while emptied by the machine. If you are single or a couple and wanted a small wheelie bin then they would supply one for you.

I think the biggest problem I have is the amount of bags and containers we are provided with. I would prefer to see just 2 wheelie bins. One for non-recyclable and one for recyclable waste. the recyclables would have to be sorted out elsewhere. Have the noticed how many men are used on recycling day to empty all the different containers?

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I can not understand why people expect to have old carpets, wood and stuff too large to get in a wheelie taken away by the bin men.

One thing that HBC could do to help the problem is to improve the removal of large items, ie furnature and old appliances etc. I believe it can take a while to have large items collected.

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[QUOTE=Neil][I think the biggest problem I have is the amount of bags and containers we are provided with. I would prefer to see just 2 wheelie bins. One for non-recyclable and one for recyclable waste. the recyclables would have to be sorted out elsewhere.UOTE]

What is it like Neil to have a nice large back garden?:D Most of the terraced houses around my area were built over 100 years ago and the rear yards are about the size of a small living room. Put up a garden shed and you are left with a narrow path to the back gate that is obstructed by the ONE wheelie bin let alone TWO!:confused:

They cannot be left outside as in this "Refuse Collection Warning Letter" it states that "action will be taken against anyone who leaves their wheeled bin outside their property other than the night before collection day and the collection day itself"

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I dont have a big back yard mate. Where did the people with small back yards used to store all the black bags full of rubbish that wont fit into a wheelie bin? I agree with you, our old houses are not designed to be recyling friendly. I have a very small kitchen with nowhere for a few bins for the different types of waste we have to keep seperate. Maybe smaller bins and weekly collections would be the answer. I know the idea of fortnightly collections is to reduce costs but maybe it needs reviewing.

I forgot a major problem with the refuse collection service. The size of the bin waggons. They are massive. Way to big for our narrow streets. I was talking to someone at Hyndburn Works recently. He told me that the waggons are causing the back streets to collopse in some areas. A lady at the council also informed me that they have had several claims from residents whose cars have been damaged by the bin wagons.

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As most of you are probably aware, Willow and I are getting married on the 14th May and are away on honeymoon for a fortnight in sunny Blackpool (Don't tell Willow, she thinks she is going to Tunisia;) ) and I have just done a quick calculation....

Our refuse will be collected on the 4th May and we will have 10 days to fill the wheelie bin with all sorts of delicious items like uneaten baked beans and curry...... It is then left to simmer in the spring sunshine for a further two weeks until our return and will finally be disposed of on 1st June. (Thats providing it hasn't grown legs by then and escaped down the road:eek: ...)

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Busman you could just dump it outside less's place there is still some room left

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That is unpleasant big at least no-ones cat will rip open the bags while you are away. I asked one of the nieghbours to put our bin out when we were away. Is there nobody who can put the bin out for you while you are away? Maybe you could try the council at there word and see what assistance they can give you.

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To late I just emptied out my trailer there after doing some work on the house. :D:D:D

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wheelie bins would be ok if they collected weekly , there once every 2 weeks policy simply isnt enough period

another problem is some of us have small houses and after having a freezer , fridge and a washing machine there is very little room to keep all the boxes and bags that the council want us to put various items of rubbish into

yes i could leave them in the back yard but then they become public toilets for other peoples pets and then i have to pick up urinated on or crapped on bags and boxes

also i have a small child and having a box full of razor sharp tins in the house is somthing i dont realy want and the lid provided with the box can be taken of letteraly by a 1 year old

i have 2 children and one of those is in nappies so you can imagine how quicky i can fill 1 whelie bin

i like everyone else pay a hell of a lot of council tax which is supposed to pay for services provided by the council so they should do what they are paid to do and move our crap

if they dont like clearing rubbish then bin men are obviously in the wrong job and better suited elsewhere

if you went to a resturant and the table was covered in the previous customers spilt food you would be annoyed if the waitress said sorry we only clean up food thats on plates it is against our policy to remove food lefy at the side of plates

anyway the picture below is the front of my street after the binmen have visited and everyone on my street uses the wheelie bins so how the hell they manage this to happen on the FRONT of the street is beyond belief

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Have you spoken to HBC about your issues? I found them to be very helpfull when I did.

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What did you need from them? Why did they send you more bags if you did not need them?

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yep willow we have 1 gray bin 2 blue boxs 2 white bags and 2 blue bags i dont know how i did not ask for them.
1 blue box is roming round the yard on its own in this wind