wheelie bins

[emamum]

does any one know if its possible to get an extra wheelie bin? there are 2 adults and 1 child at my house full time and my partners babies stay half the week 2... every couple of weeks we have to go up to the tip... it is mostly nappies, i do recycle.. the other week my dad and step-mum(to be) stayed over at the wekend.. can i get a bigger bin or something?

 

[Lilly]

I made enquiries about getting another bin when my daughter was in nappies. Like you, we were having to make a trip to the tip in between collections.

I was informed that they do not give people a second bin but that they can issue a larger bin. Unfortunately these are for families of more than 5 people.

 

[emamum]

will we count as a family of 5 with the babies only coming half the week?

 

[cashman]

me daughter has 3, but thats another council lol H.B.C. ferget it ema, maybe you will stand a better chance when we become ACCRINGTON @ DISTRICT

 

[Lilly]

will we count as a family of 5 with the babies only coming half the week?

I'm not sure about that. I don't know if everyone has to live at the property full time or if you would qualify with the babies coming to you for just half of the week. It would be worth ringing to check.

 

[AccyLass]

Does the council no longer do the recycling thing for nappies, where for a cost they collect the nappy waste?

 

[Lilly]

Does the council no longer do the recycling thing for nappies, where for a cost they collect the nappy waste?

I don't know. That scheme hadn't been started when my daughter was in nappies.

I think the way that worked was that you used re-usable nappies and they were collected, washed and re-delivered to you. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

There is no way of recycling disposable nappies.

 

[emmaleigh]

well we have two, and theres only three of us that live in the house........... we robbed the 2nd one haha

 

[Neil]

I was informed that they do not give people a second bin but that they can issue a larger bin.

They stopped with the big bins ages ago. They found they were damaged by the bin wagon. If a normal size is not big enough you get 2. They will come and rummage in your bin first to make sure you are recyling everything you can.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Good luck to them rummaging amongst the dirty nappies!

 

[beechy]

well we have two, and theres only three of us that live in the house........... we robbed the 2nd one haha

thats the way to do it LOL

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

thats the way to do it LOL

Except that the person whose bin was stolen may well have had to fork out for a new one.

 

[panther]

Except that the person whose bin was stolen may well have had to fork out for a new one.

only if its their second replacement willow
ya get it free if you need a replacement, but the second time ya have to pay

 

[emamum]

you also have to report it to the police and get a crime reference number before you can have a new one....

 

[panther]

you also have to report it to the police and get a crime reference number before you can have a new one....

ya joking......how silly

 

[emamum]

i doubt they do anything about it, sure it would have been in the paper if anyone had been arrested for stealing a wheelie bin

 

[Neil]

well we have two, and theres only three of us that live in the house........... we robbed the 2nd one haha

thats the way to do it LOL

Except that the person whose bin was stolen may well have had to fork out for a new one.

only if its their second replacement willow
ya get it free if you need a replacement, but the second time ya have to pay

I have thought of 2 points here,

1. The bins are tagged so they will know who you stole one off. I am not sure if it can really be classed as stealing anyway. Maybe more like inappropriate use of Council property

2. I would never agree to pay for a wheelie bin unless I had incorrectly used it. It is not my bin it belongs to Hyndburn Borough Council. I use it as they instructed, out by 7am or the night before and back in on collection day. If someone want's to steal HBC's bin while I am following HBC's instructions then how can it be my fault?

 

[emamum]

are they tagged???? where is it, what is it for?

 

[Tealeaf]

I'm suprised that no-one in Hyndburn has come up with the idea of a neighbourhood rubbish offset scheme, similar to the carbon offset schemes which now appear to be everywhere.

All you do is find a neighbour who not a bone idler, who does not waste time and money buying tons of packaged thrash from Asda and is prepared to accept all your rubbish in his/her otherwise empty wheelie bin, and in return you pay 'em dosh - say ten quid a week.

The solution is simple when you know how.

 

[BERNADETTE]

are they tagged???? where is it, what is it for?

There is a chip in them Em, it is just under the rim at the front.