Another Rubbish thread

What I don't understand is, how on earth people's bins are getting too full anyway? :confused: There are 9 of us in our house and we barely fill our bin. We recycle everything we can, and don't mind doing it.

Gail xxxx
 
I must admit i fill my bin every 2 weeks (very rarely have any over though) and yes it can be heavy sometimes, but its bound to be with all the nappies i go through really. I recycle what I can but still seem to have a lot of rubbish
 
in Blackburn we have new, smaller wheelie bins now and they are collected weekly, i havent a clue why though, if you recycle properly as Gail said ,you should have no problem, i never had a problem with fortnightly bin collections, we now use our old big wheelie bin for ALL our recycling, cans, tins, paper, cardboard and even yoghurt pots and tetra pak cartons now, it all goes into one big bin and that is collected fortnightly...not all areas in Blackburn have to recycle though, the houses down the Whitebirk estate havent been made to recycle, which i think is just stupid, i've been doing it for years and i'll carry on doing it....got a very nice compost bin on the go at the moment too :D
 
You couldn’t make it up!

Just heard as a factoid on the wireless (Radio 2 Steve Wright) that the first town to implement the chipped wheelie bins has abandoned the scheme because the equipment wasn’t reliable enough. It only cost the taxpayer ONE MILLION POUNDS as a grant.
 
jambutty said:
You couldn’t make it up!

Just heard as a factoid on the wireless (Radio 2 Steve Wright) that the first town to implement the chipped wheelie bins has abandoned the scheme because the equipment wasn’t reliable enough. It only cost the taxpayer ONE MILLION POUNDS as a grant.
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Sounds about right at least now we won't have to fit locks on them all to make sure no body else was filling them.Bring on the next hair - brained scheme.:hehetable
 
BERNADETTE said:
Where do you find out about it??
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Apparently the service is very good, for those too disabled, or frail to put out their own wheelie bin. I know an old lady who's disabled, and all she has to do is make sure the gate is unlocked. They take, and then return her bin, and she's very happy with the service.

The H.B.C. helpline is 01254 399988
 
jambutty said:
You couldn’t make it up!

Just heard as a factoid on the wireless (Radio 2 Steve Wright) that the first town to implement the chipped wheelie bins has abandoned the scheme because the equipment wasn’t reliable enough. It only cost the taxpayer ONE MILLION POUNDS as a grant.
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Absolutely mad isn't it? Do they employ people to dream up schemes to waste money on?
 
Bonnyboy said:
Read about this in the paper this morning, Rubbish bins may soon be emptied once a month - Mirror mumbled to myself, cheeky beggars, what do we pay our council tax for, what the hell will the binmen do with all their free time etc.

Thought, I would stick it on here. Whilst Googling for the article, I came across this, Council asks residents to empty their own, because they are too heavy for binmen - Mail Online …nowt like bare faced cheek is there.
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I can't see this happpening round here.
 
I read in last weekend's papers that although the government are keen to bring in charges by weight for rubbish dispoosal, no council wants to be the testing ground, because it will be so unpopular.
 
garinda said:
I read in last weekend's papers that although the government are keen to bring in charges by weight for rubbish dispoosal, no council wants to be the testing ground, because it will be so unpopular.
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I hope the same will apply to (government incentives to councils)
nuclear waste dumps:eek:
 
On the 5 o’clock news was a piece by a spokesman for that council where he declared that as well as not being able to get the system to work properly, that during the time of the trial fly tipping increased by 250%. He also highlighted the problem with flats that have community bins.

Also on the news it was revealed that Dictator Brown is reported as saying that in spite of some councils not being in favour with the idea, he is going ahead with the scheme nationwide.

There is obviously no end to this guy’s arrogance.
 
how on earth can the bin men get hurt lifting the bins these days when all they do is pull it a few feet then the wagon comes to them and they just put it in the slots and the wagon lifts it for them, not like years gone by when the bin men did lift and empty the bins
 
its all a loada crap Ve, its all 'health and safety' related nowadays, i'm sure they'll have to do a 'risk assesment' everytime they go out to pick a bin up ;);)
 
Its going to be cheaper to empty your rubbish in royboys bin soon, 6 bags a trip to spain, probably be quicker too, as I stated previously, they wont be happy untill we are doing all the work for them, and still paying them for not doing it!
 
Bins being emptied once a month eh?
no doubt more fly tipping then, and more rats etc....
 
ossylass said:
I agree with you, the Spanish system is great, you just take your rubbish to the nearest containers and they are emptied around midnight - every night! And if you have an article you no longer want, leave it by the container and someone will find it a good home - simple recycling!
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the greek system is just the same as Spain
 
Bonnyboy said:
I reckon a wheelie bin filled with sand would weigh round about the 250kg mark, those lifters look fairly meaty to me, so normal rubbish shouldn’t be an issue.

It has historically been a manual labouring job, I assume it is still classed as that. If folk can’t do the job, best they clock out.
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Ah but now our bin'men' all seem to be school leavers and a lot are not employed directly but through job agencies.
It probably saves a few bob on wages?
 
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