Bins, you think we have it bad

entwisi · 16-06-2005, 18:35

Driving out of Liverpool today it must have been bin day round Aintree. Anyway, if you think we have it bad with out Black and Green bins Thank God our councillers didn't go to Liverpool. Their bins are BRIGHT PURPLE!!! I would have taken a piccy but I was busy driving.

sarnie boy · 16-06-2005, 18:59

i went on a school trip to liverpool and the first bin we saw was magenta and had no wheels...only in liverpool

harwood red · 16-06-2005, 22:29

I remember when they were going to tender for their wheely bins as at the time I actually, wait for it.................. worked for a spanish wheely bin company and we applied for this tender which included supplying a sample bin and getting the right colour was a nightmare!!! For one bin it took approx a wastage of 20 bins going through the moulding machine before getting the right colour and approx another 10 to clear out the colour!! And the reason they picked that colour............... was so no-one would nick them from other counties, Doh and this came from the scousers!!!!!! We never did get the bloody tender either

Reidy · 16-06-2005, 22:33

Trust the scousers!

cashman · 17-06-2005, 00:09

wouldn't care what colour they were if they would empty the sodding things WEEKLY.

chav1 · 17-06-2005, 00:16

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Originally Posted by cashman

wouldn't care what colour they were if they would empty the sodding things WEEKLY.

dont be stupid

cashman · 17-06-2005, 00:20

why?chav stupids my middle name lol

Doug · 17-06-2005, 00:30

This is Blackpool’s approach to rubbish collection. We’ve had organic bins for a while but now we are due to get a revamp…….

chav1 · 17-06-2005, 01:10

3 wheelie bins is a good idea

although it takes up more room in your garden or yard at least it keeps the rubbish outside your house and not inside

Doug · 17-06-2005, 01:32

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Originally Posted by chav1

3 wheelie bins is a good idea

although it takes up more room in your garden or yard at least it keeps the rubbish outside your house and not inside

That's very true chav, The only real issue for us is the room they take up. Small price to pay if the system works.

chav1 · 17-06-2005, 01:41

the way i see it is that there is 2 ways HBC can sort the rubbish issue out

1: go back to weekly collections

2: give us more bins

until either one of those happens we will always see exess binbags on back alleys and people are smart enough to not put letters or anything with their address into the bags they are going to leave out to avoid the fines

does anyone remember the days when binmen used to carry two steel dustbins , one on each shoulder then empty them into the binwaggon

surely it isnt too much trouble to pick up the odd binliner here and there or at best an extra wheelie bin that gets lifted mechanicly into the waggon

entwisi · 17-06-2005, 06:25

Found a picture

http://www.johndavies.org/jd-PIC-MONTH.html

WillowTheWhisp · 17-06-2005, 12:28

I'm glad I haven't got 3 wheelie bins. I can manage to fit one in the yard along with my boxes which stack but I wouldn't have enough room for two let alone three. I still don't believe that it's a 60/40 ratio of recyclable to non-recyclable. It depends on what you use doesn't it?

Oh and yuck what an awful colour those Scouse bins are. There also seem to be two colours so doesn't look like they were all that fussy in the end does it?

panther · 17-06-2005, 13:19

heyup you can get covers for these bins!!

makes achange from crappy grey!! but there about 20 quid

- looks like ill have to put up with the grey one

chav1 · 17-06-2005, 13:39

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Oh and yuck what an awful colour those Scouse bins are. There also seem to be two colours so doesn't look like they were all that fussy in the end does it?

yet it is your chosen colour of text when posting on accy webb lol