domestic waste removal? - Page 2

Neil · 04-07-2008, 17:46

I hope they were a licensed waste contractor or else you just broke the law

emamum · 04-07-2008, 17:48

no no no....dont do that Neil!!!!!!!!!

I got them off yell.com.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-07-2008, 18:07

I think it's appalling that you should have had to pay for this.

emamum · 04-07-2008, 18:22

i'm not too impressed about it either!

I did call the council first and they said all i could do is either take them up to the tip myself or pay someone else to do it.........

WillowTheWhisp · 04-07-2008, 18:51

If I were you I'd be phoning the Daily Wail.

Loz · 04-07-2008, 23:40

Can't believe you had to pay somebody to take them away,it's scandalous what the council get away with!

WillowTheWhisp · 05-07-2008, 09:16

OK let's try to look at this logically (dons quizzical expression and pointed ears).

The council declares that we must only have one wheelie bin worth of rubbish per household each fortnight.

Q. Why?
A. The council proclaims that if we have more than one wheelie bin worth of rubbish per fortnight this is because we are not recycling enough and putting recyclable waste in with our residual waste.
Therefore in a bid to ensure that we recycle everything we can possibly recycle they refuse to remove any more than one wheelie bin worth per household per fortnight (unless we have prior permission to 'create' more waste).

Flaw in the argument:
We do not 'create' the waste. We do not want the wretched waste but we have it foist upon us in various ways and we are left to dispose of it as responsibly as possible.

What happens to this residual waste? It goes to the tip and ends up in landfill.

Emma has a lot of rubbish in her bin which other people have dumped there. She also has a lot of rubbish in her garden which people have dumped there or which has found its way there due to having been dropped by bin men when they empty other people's fortnightly regulation allocated one-per-household wheelie bin. She is not allowed to bag this up and request that the council remove it to the tip.

Why? Because she would then be exceeding the one-per-household wheelie bin allocation.

Now let us remind ourselves why we are only allocated one per household (without prior arrangement) - in order to encourage us to recycle more.

But this load of rubbish is not recyclable!

Furthermore, they have advised Emma that she can take it to the tip herself, or pay someone else to take it to the tip for her where it will end up in exactly the same landfill site as it would have done if the regulation council approved bin men had just taken it away on bin day!

No, try as I might I just cannot see the logic in that at all -(Removes pointed ears and replaces quizzical expression with one of sheer disbelief in the insanity of council jobsworths.)

katex · 05-07-2008, 15:17

Some kindly neighbours have just been to my door asking if I get the Lancs. Telgraph as seemingly the dates of the strike for refuse collecters are in there.. can't find on internet myself. Just know, where I am in Clayton, means I will lose a green bin collection on the 16th July and grey bin on the 23rd commencing again on the 30th July.

Presume will be in the Observer next week.

derekgas · 05-07-2008, 15:21

must be striking for more work and less pay surely?

WillowTheWhisp · 05-07-2008, 15:21

Oooh thanks Kate. I'd forgotten about that. Do you reckon they will refuse to take the excess we consequently accumulate?

katex · 05-07-2008, 15:27

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Oooh thanks Kate. I'd forgotten about that. Do you reckon they will refuse to take the excess we consequently accumulate?

That is what I was wondering Willow .. will have to really squash things down in our bins and sacks ..

Seemingly, no mention of the tip ... so not sure whether they are joining in or not ? Are they employed by the council though .. aren't they privately owned by a French company ? Not sure, so stand to be corrected.

emamum · 05-07-2008, 15:31

Ifthey dont collect the extra............... its £30 to have someone else do it for you.......thats my quit smoking treat gone now

derekgas · 05-07-2008, 15:39

i would walk up to the bin wagon and throw it in, what will they do? Take it back out? It is all we can do to put it in the wagon, so I doubt it.

emzy · 05-07-2008, 15:48

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Originally Posted by derekgas

i would walk up to the bin wagon and throw it in, what will they do? Take it back out? It is all we can do to put it in the wagon, so I doubt it.

Ill chuck mine abck in when you're doing yours, that way i can hide behind you if the bin "people" start

ossylass · 11-07-2008, 20:16

I have just tried, yet again to get a green bin for my garden waste, but was told there are none in my area - regardless of the fact that I have a large garden with several trees and shrubs. I was told that I could fill up to six bags per month, which would be collected, but it's not easy trying to get twigs and rosecuttings into a plastic sack!