Wheelie bins, recycling..
 

Having just moved to oswaldtwistle I'm a little confused. I can't see anyone with wheelie bins or recycle boxes. I thought ossy was part of hyndburn and thought that everyone had the same rules. The other day it was bin day and all that seemed to happen was everyone went and put black bin backs at the end of the back alleys.. A right mess it was!! So, can anyone confirm what the deal is up in ossy?

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mabe some parts hvnt got them yet

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I live in the Peel ward under the coppice and we haven't got wheelie bins yet. Bin day is tomorrow and I've just put the bags out and it looks like the rubbish tip has come to my house, I really do hate cats, they serve no purpose except to rip the bags open.
Sorry Roy but not everyone has wheelie bins yet but I heard yours will be delivered at the end of the month.

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I live in the same area Bagpuss (Plantation St side) and also dont have wheelie bins. Just put our bags out this morning, always in the morning in an effort to limit the damage the bastard feline menace can do, apparently freshly chopped mint sprinkled around the offending area will keep cats away - cant be arsed to try it myself though. I dislike cats too, especially the way they try to outstare you and when they cant be bothered anymore they narrow their eyes and look away with an air of aloofness.

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Our cat is called Millie and she just loves people !.

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I live in the milnshaw area and we only have the blue box's and the paper sack no wheelie bin as yet.

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Bet she loves ripping bin bags open too.

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I noticed when I was home at christmas that my Dad used, as he called it, a proven method to shift cats, his size 10 boots and they fly so well when you connect. :)

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Our millie says even humans have a down side !.

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My god - a talking cat! Ask her if she and her coven can stop scrounging in bin bags, stop dropping dead animals in my front yard and basically stick to ****ing in their owners yards/gardens.

I'd never kick or shoot at a cat in all honesty - its just they annoy the hell out of me.

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Our millie is not a member of a coven,she does not scrounge,(she is well fed) as for
as dead animals I presume you mean rats and mice,we dont have that kind of vermin
in our area.

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However she does **** in other peoples gardens/yards?

I've had dead frogs, dead birds (not always whole), dead voles, dead shrews.....you are never more than six foot away from a rat.

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Page 8 Accy Observer I suppose milllie and her little chums are to blame for this mess!.

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Don't be silly - even your talking cat couldn't possibly lift a mattress! Cats do rip hole s in bin bags though and it adds to the mess, although I agree that people are obviously responsible for the large majority of other mess. With regards to the bag full of nappies with maggots in it that had been left for months - why had it been left for months, that is the responsibility of the bin men I'm afraid. Mattresses, furniture, washing machines no, ****ty nappies in bags yes, what else are you supposed to do with them - flush em down the loo?!

Tipping in back-alleys is a pet blood-boiler of mine - around my area (Peel ward) there wasn't a problem until private landlords starting moving DSS cases in. It used to be that people lived in an area for years any therefore had respect for the surrounding community and their neighbours, these people aren't there for long and so treat it like a dumping ground.

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Millie lives in the peel park area to (oh dear).

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Hehehehe. Dont worry, I am nice to all animals, I even stroke cats if I'm in a good mood, its just that they often **** me right off with their antics!

I was really talking about the lower side, nearer town, lower Bold St, Cedar St, Oswald St thing. Moved a couple of blocks up from down there just recently - a vast improvement as far as litter and junk goes.

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Yea were not far off,the point i,m trying to make is animals are not intelligent,but we
are,and we do make a bloody mess some times as page 8 shows.

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Well, I don't like any animals, especially cats. The thing about other animals, though, is that they have a use. What use is a cat? No use. The only thing I can remember a cat being good for is, years ago, in my Rugby playing days,I used to practice drop kicks on them...I once managed to get a ginger tom over a 12ft wall from 15ft out. Lovely sound effects. The only problem is, the cats don't always want to play. Shame, that.

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http://www.ray.hutchings.dial.pipex.com/catsa.htm could be fun:)

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I just received a letter from HBC to say that I will receive my wheelie bin & blue bag (for plastic bottles) within the next couple of weeks - oh what joy!

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Hear Hear Ceejache I would love to dump all the rubbish from the tenants of the private landlords in their home and see what they would say to that.

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Isn't that the truth Bagpuss!!!!!! Thing is........they all live in nice Manchester suburbs!

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Sorry about that..............but I take grave offence at people who make profit by turning my once nice area into a tip just for their profit when they live 20-odd so miles away from the area!!!!!!!!!!!

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No....actually I'm not sorry about it.... How dare they fill their pockets at the expense (sp?) of the decent, tax/bill paying citizen? I dont want to live in this sort of decay, sort out your property or get the hell out of the area!

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I've had a wheelie bin for a while and the box for cans'n'bottles and bag for paper even longer but never had a blue bag for plastic bottles. I've been trundling them up to the tip from time to time with additional rubbish which the council won't take. Is everybody supposed to get a bag for plastic bottles? I take batteries to the tip too when I remember.

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According to Hyndburn Council, those of us in Ossy who do not have wheelie bins should be getting them soon, together with full instructions on how to use them! I look forward to that bit ....

As to never being more than 6 feet from a rat, my cat Fred (sadly now deceased) was a terrific ratter, and dealt very efficiently with huge rats - so there could just be some uses for a cat, other than for practising drop kicks.

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Just remember to stick it outside at the right time,at the right angle and with the right stuff in it......otherwise it's a fifty quid fine...and hyndburn Council don't muck about, as we all know.......

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Tealeaf - you are joking! I know they are b*****ds and incompetent ones at that, but surely even they won't go that far ... unless you know different.

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Nope......ask any of the others. People have been fined for incorrect use of Wheely bins and for continuing to use black bin liners. The only exceptions - as reported in the Observers round-up of the Court Cases have been members of the ethnic community, on the basis that they don't understand English.

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Mais, qu'est que c'est "wheelie bins"? Moi, je suis membre d'EU, et je ne comprend pas Council-speak.

Does that count?

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if it's Albanian you'll probably get a free car and driving lessons

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Don't set me off again or the mods will delete my posts or even worst my karma will all go, eh Wingy !!!

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Well I’ve just received my new grey-wheeled bin at my front door. I had a bit of a job on to get it through to my back yard i.e. door casings, furniture, wallpaper etc. I do hope they don’t expect me to wheel it through my home to put it back at the front door each collection date, when its stinking, covered in cat pee and slugs etc.

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just had a do with half a dozen kids, it now is fun to take the lids off wheelie bins & career down the back ally on the thing , leaving the actual bin on its side with the rubbish ready for the cats, rats, & whatever, wheelie bins, DONT ASK//

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Dont worry Mez - it'll lose its appeal after they end up with a faceful of dog **** from coming off the lid!

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ooo i hope im there to see it //

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Isn't it astonishing how inventive kids can be!

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Just received my wheelie bin, think i shall be making a few more visits to the tip doesn't look big enough.

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My recently recieved wheely bin has a sticker with my address and a barcode on it. Can I tear this off, otherwise the local scrotes will know I`m not in if the bin is still in the back in the middle of the afternoon, and break in my house!

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in deepest Bavaria they have just started with a new concept that may catch on all over Europe.Your bin receives a bar code or a chip where all your data is registered.When tipping this into the truck the weight is memeorised on a computer and you only then have to pay fr the weight.Get this, all wheelie bins have lockable lids to prevent other people putting their rubbish in yours.This way you should only have to pay for the weight of rubbish that is collected.People who seperate their rubbish correctly will then have less rates to pay at the end of the year

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Just had first weekend with wheelie bin. Discovered I had bin, blue bag, but no white bag and no blue box. Rang up, asked for white bag and blue box. Got blue bag and white bag.

Stand in kitchen mesmerized. What goes where? What do I do with bottles if I have no blue box? Will I be imprisoned, tortured, maimed, if I put cans in my bin?

Now back in London. Kitchen in Ossy full of bottles. Backyard full of cans (in a bag because I've no blue ........). Have managed to get newspapers in white bag.

Can we go back to black bags please?

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A new system in ossy taken from the Germans and with help and advice of expats the world over and Accy, ( big drum roll,trumpets etc..)

1 Instead of a bar code for the Bin all people putting any thing in the Bin will require a bar code to placed on the forehead of every person who will use the bin. This will dissuade the casual user therefore allowing more space in the Bin for rubbish.
2 All persons in your family who will require the bar code can go down to the council offices, ODOR,Office of Department of Rubbish who will affix the aformentioned Bar code. This is a free service given by your council.
3 A list of all the people who will use your Bin will be kept at the office by an officer of the office of department of rubbish, this officer will track your rubbish. Obviously this is a new position in ODOR and will have to be paid for from a small increase in Council Tax.
4 White bags will be provided for paper products ( white = paper )
5 Red bags will be provided for glass products (red = glass+cut )
6 Blue bags will be provided for can and tins ( blue= metal)
7 Brown bags will be provided for dog excrement ( brown= s* you get the idea)
8 All these bags will be provided by the council if you call on a wed between 7am and 7 05am or between 11 01am 11 02 am obviously this will have to be paid for by a small increase in council tax.
9 To ensure you use your bags and bins for the right products we are going to create a new position checker of bins bags enviormental rubbish or (COBBER) This poition will be paid for by a small increase in council tax.
And finally remember HBC is working for you.

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For your convenience the forehead barcode department of the council has been closed. Your forehead can now be barcoded at the post office, a number of local newsagents and Boozebuster stores>

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Bazf...did you use to work for HBC??? You seem to have plenty of their weird ideas!! :D :D :D :engsmil:

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Good one Bazf - love it.

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I blame it on growing up in the Monty Python era :) :)

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Ahhhh...The monty python area...Isn't that at the bottom of Willows Lane :eek: :eek:

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Nay, lad, it were down by Ellison's Tenement - by the 'Ippodrome, they 'ad ippos and pythons, but they never 'ad none of them wheelie bins, but I do believe, at the 'Ippodrome, they did 'av a very strict bar code (that gets it back on thread, Mick).

Which box/bag do we put pythons in, then?

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After some consultation with HBC and the ODOR department they decided that they would issue a new bag green in colour for all Python and similer items of course this will amount in to a small increase in your council tax.

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Now that the majority of people have the wheelie bins, has anybody any suggestions on how to keep them from stinking the place out. Or can we use extra large black bin bags?

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I put things into bags before they go in the wheelie bin. There are two reasons behind this. One being that anything which can fly away when the wheelie bins are emptied usually does so but unfortunately it's other people's rubbish which ends up in my front garden. The second reason is that I have a smaller bin at the back door which I put my rubbish in and then when that is full it goes in the wheelie along with smaller bins' contents from different rooms of the house. Each bin has a bag in it and the bag is tied up when full.

That sounds like I have a heck of a lot of rubbish doesn't it? :s_oops:

One thing I don't have is the blue bag for plastic bottles. Is everybody supposed to have one of those? I started off with just the paper sach, then later a blue box for glass and cans was added to that but nothing has ever been said about a blue bag so I make trips to the tip with my plastic bottles.

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interesting BAZF very interesting.

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I am sticking to black bags (put into the wheelie bin of course) simply because I'm too idle to wash my kitchen waste bin out every time.

Thanks for the info on where we put pythons, but how do we get our green bags? Still waiting for blue box - will this mean another small increase in my council ta?

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Green bags........What Green bags.

We have a Blue Box for bottles, a Blue sack for plastic, a White sack for Paper
+ THE WHEELIE BIN now theres a thing...............do you have to dump yours down 3 large steps to get to ground level..................then run along as though you are in a race to the end of the back street............WOW its so exhilarating at 7:30AM running down the back pushing a "wheelie bin".......am I goina be first this week.............Oh s**** No 37 has beat me to it..........Ah well theres always next week :D
Had a problem lifting the "Blue box" after christmas :eek:
But where didya get those "Green Bags" :confused: