You probably will margaret. You will have to ring them up and tell them and see what they say.
Lazy Binmen
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Thanks Jen - will do
Oooh that's a good idea. I'd never heard of that. I did wonder how disabled people manage.
Another point to add to a post i started awhile back(ahem).......why, on recycling day when i get home from work do we have nearly as much recycling scattered on our front street than we had in our bags and boxes in the first place????? After emptying my own bins for 6 weeks over dec/jan am i now expected to clean the streets for the council as well????
Another point to add to a post i started awhile back(ahem).......why, on recycling day when i get home from work do we have nearly as much recycling scattered on our front street than we had in our bags and boxes in the first place????? After emptying my own bins for 6 weeks over dec/jan am i now expected to clean the streets for the council as well????
i dont recycle yet my garden ends up full of everone elses rubbish and when i rang up to complain i was told that they send a crew around to tidy up afterwards but they cant enter my garden on the grounds of health and safety.This must be because of the 6ft deep trenches i have dug and the landmines i have scattered accross my lawn i assume
basically i have to tidy OTHER peoples crap because the collection team cant hit literaly the back of a bin waggon with a milk bottle and this is assuming i mangae to dodge the local verminous cats crap, between HBC and the local vermin i can see why the clean up team dont want to enter my garden.
i may purchase a high powered air rifle for one of teh problems but havnt yet decided what to use on teh cats
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The refuse team in Rishton are superb and I always give them a tip at Christmas as they have saved a few people on our street an awful lot of money. Many of our residents are elderly and they're usually willing to get rid of any extra items for them within reason. On the odd occasion that there has been a bin bag left out by someone or (heaven forbid) a lid hasn't been fully closed there's no messing about leaving things behind either.
A superb bunch and we'd be lost without them. Look at the uproar in January when they couldn't get to us at all.
A superb bunch and we'd be lost without them. Look at the uproar in January when they couldn't get to us at all.
i think the uproar was totaly justified ,the way the council handled the situation was disgusting to say the least
I agree entirely. The grit situation could easily have been avoided by stocking up to capacity during the summer and spending our money on something we actually need.
To give our binmen their dues, they did at least try to get the truck down Bridge Street in Rishton which is more than I would have dared to do. To watch several tons of wagon ice skating with no real finesse wasn't very comfortable.
When are the budgets set by the County Council?
I am not sure who we should be blaming for the lack of grit supplies, the current or previous Council.
I know the Government got involved to deside who should get the supplies of grit once the problem occured.
I am reliably informed that the current council have had the opportunity to stock up to capacity with grit at any time for very little cost and yet have left stores half full, despite Met office warnings well in advance. The Government had to get involved when it turned into a crisis for many areas who had not made provisions.
Again, the borough councils are spending our money and it should be prioritised for things which are likely to affect all of us, not buildings costing hundreds of thousands of pounds in one ward that will be used by one group of people.
does anyone recall how much of our money was spent on that funfair ride they put on braodway alone to celebrate the mayor or somthing i think it was around 10 grand and to top it off it was £5 a go plus the cost of repairing teh damage it did to the pavement on broadway
why does the council spend so much on clebrating a mayor the only people who give a toss about the mayor is teh mayor himself and his councilor buddies and friends because apart from them there is no benefit what so ever of having a mayor that i can see
that gold chain around the mayors neck should have been put in an envolope and sent to cash for gold ages ago , that coulda bought some gritt if funds were low lol
why does the council spend so much on clebrating a mayor the only people who give a toss about the mayor is teh mayor himself and his councilor buddies and friends because apart from them there is no benefit what so ever of having a mayor that i can see
that gold chain around the mayors neck should have been put in an envolope and sent to cash for gold ages ago , that coulda bought some gritt if funds were low lol
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Why not start a new thread on that point and we can discuss it. I am interested to know which buildings you are talking about.
i complained to the council about the bins. next collection i heared the driver shout to one of the loaders make sure you put the bin back at 26 that you know what moaned about it.
it was the only time the bin was put back.
it was the only time the bin was put back.
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I had a large wheelie bin, and a small wheelie bin when i arrived here, they were emptied for the first couple of weeks, then the large one disappeared, as it is a cul de sac and always neighbours around, it wasnt taken by a neighbour, so there are two choices, the bin wagon ate it (and I have seen this happen, and they didnt have the decency to let the owner know), or the bin men (the council deny all knowledge), took it because we had two, if this is the case, the fact that there are seven people in the house, and they took the bigger bin, and left the small bin, speaks volumes!
What do you mean my big and small? Is the normal bin everyone has the big one?
I know there used to be bigger than normal bins but the machine did keep damaging them and they broke with the weight that was in them so Hyndburn stopped using them ages ago. Not sure if any are still left, there may be a few.
I know there used to be bigger than normal bins but the machine did keep damaging them and they broke with the weight that was in them so Hyndburn stopped using them ages ago. Not sure if any are still left, there may be a few.
There are 3 sizes that I am aware of, small one for single people, normal sized one for small to medium family, and large for large family (large being larger than the normal one), I have seen a few around, I wasnt aware that they broke the machinery, cheap machinery? Typical!! 
I wasnt aware that they broke the machinery, cheap machinery? Typical!!
It was the bins that were breaking not the machinery.
