wheelie bin vote
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Have they reduced the hours the bin men work? At one time they were emptied weekly and the recycling ones were fortnightly but they could sometimes do to be emptied more often too.
Neil said:
if it was that simple people wouldnt be leaving extra binbags on the alleys or having to get up early and hope they can find some room in other peoples wheelie bins
every morning they are due to empty wheeli bins the alleys are full of people wandering with binliners hoping to find a wheelie bin that isnt full so thay can put their extra rubbish somwhere
although if HBC want to come round and recycle my babys sh1tty nappies they can do so if they wish
i would be more supportive of recycleing if HBC made it easier for us to do and didnt make it an almost military like operation to get as much into one bin as possible
as for costing HBC less to collect rubbish where exactly do the savings go
are they passed onto us , does it keep our council tax bill lower or at least stop it rising or does it simply get wasted because of things like the mayors swearing in ceromony
i am not having a go at you neil and if you can manage on 1 wheelie bin then good on you but a lot of people cant so if they insist on 1 pick up every two weeks wouldnt the sensible solution be to give extra bins to those that ask for them
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Given that not everyone would require two bins I do think it makes sense to allow two to be available for those that do need them, larger families, families with babies etc.
They only limit you to one bin and no extra bags to try and force you to recycle. After all most people would not bother with the hassle if they could get away with just putting everything in one bin. Has anyone asked HBC round to inspect their bin yet. They offered to give extra bins if needed but they wanted to check that you were only putting non-recyclable stuff into the grey bin first. Reasons for having an extra bin were large family and babies in nappies. The problem with having more bins is where to put them. HBC stopped using the really big bins because the machine on the bin waggon was breaking them.
We do all the recycling that we can and we manage with just the one wheelie bin being collected every fortnight. Our problem is that we can't convince the council to give us a green bin. Apparently, because we live in a non-garden area, we don't have a garden, according to the council. This is despite the fact that we actually do have a fairly largish garden. We don't seem to be able to convince them.
I have voted for the weekly collection even though for the majority of the time a fortnightly collection is ok as there are only 2 of us living here.If you have a big clear out the bin soon fills up and it can't be hygienic to have all that rubbish fermenting in the bin for 2 weeks in the summer heat! {providing we get a summer this year.....}. I can well appreciate how difficult it must be for a family having to cope with the current ludicrous system.
well so far its 18 to 1 so in general i would say that most people think that the current system isnt enough
now all we need is the council to remember that they are there to serve the people and people want weekly pickups
admitidly only 19 people have voted but 18-1 is a landslide in my book lol
now all we need is the council to remember that they are there to serve the people and people want weekly pickups
admitidly only 19 people have voted but 18-1 is a landslide in my book lol
chav1 said:
Well this is virtually the same system that Midpennine arts used to determine that there was a 75% approval rating for the Panopticon. Sauce for the goose and all that. Personally, I think 95% speaks far louder than a paltry 75%. Anyone fancy a letter to the Observer asking them to hold a similar poll?