Rubbish - again!

WillowTheWhisp · 12-03-2006, 13:30

Hmmmm. We have wheelie bins and we have recycling bags/sacks/boxes/bins. The wheelie bins are emptied once a fortnight and the other stuff is collected on the alternate weeks. So far so good.

If we have more rubbish than will fit in a wheelie bin we are not supposed to put extra bags out. We are only supposed to "generate" enough rubbish so that our wheelie bin lid will close.

Our wheelie bin was emptied last Wednesday. We have just had a leaflet to say that the new rubbish calendar starts this month and that our recycling will be collected on the 22nd and the wheelie bin will be emptied on the 29th. That's 3 weeks since the last wheelie bin collection.

Now bearing in mind that we must not overfill the bin and we must not generate any extra bags, and bearing in mind that if we deposit any domestic litter in a public bin we may be committing an offence, just how are we supposed to get 3 weeks worth of household waste (non-recyclable) into a two week capacity bin that we already struggle with?

OK it's (hopefully) only a one-off but it's going to have a knock on effect if we have to store the surplus until the following fortnight.

Tinkerbelle · 12-03-2006, 13:54

I sympathise if it is only a one off Willow, but in fairness they will issue you with a second wheelie bin if you can prove that you have more rubbish than will fit into one wheelie bin every fortnight. They send a refuse officer round to have a rummage in your rubbish to check that your recycling, but as long as you are, they will give you a second one.

grannyclaret · 12-03-2006, 14:06

i think we must be a little luckier round here,the rubbish bins are emptied every 2 weeks and the blue paper bins and the compost/cardboard bins are emptied on the alternate weeks...perfect..
now comes the silly bit......we have the smallest box/bin imaginable to fill with glass, plastic and cans,, emptied every 2 weeks...it is like pendle hill...BUT...if you seperate them in see through carrier bags ie morrisons or iceland.they will take them.....BUT CERTAINLY NOT BLACK BAGS.......my neigbour and i do a bit of swapping and changing each week lol

harwood red · 12-03-2006, 14:07

I'm the other way round willow, when it changes I will have refuse collected 2 weeks in a row but 3 weeks between recycling. You could always bring your surplus rubbish down to me!!

chav1 · 12-03-2006, 14:15

willow -

simply fill a few extra binbags up but make sure not to put junk mail or antythhing with your address in them

sling the extra bags down your back alley the night before collection day

a refuse inspector will come and rummage through it but wont find anything and the bags will be moved

buttonsmum · 12-03-2006, 14:22

If you can prove that you cannot manage with the bin you have, you can request another. In baxenden they tend to replace the one you have got with a bigger one but only if they feel you are recycling properly.

You would have thought that they would have arranged extra collections until it's all up and running smoothly, but that could be too simple a solution for the council. It's a good job it's not the middle of summer - can you imagine the smell from all the overflowing bins............ it dosen't bear thinking about.

chav1 · 12-03-2006, 14:43

i think willows only struggleing because as a one off it is foing to be 3 weeks until her bin gets emptied so i doubt she will get a second bin if she normaly copes

thats why i suggested throwing it down the alley as a one off :-)

or fill someone elses buin up just before collection

Madhatter · 12-03-2006, 14:45

I've had a great idea, the best since i invented the unbirthday for the 364 days that it isn't your birthday.
It will revolutionise the way we throw our rubbish away.
All the wheelie bins, green bins and red boxes get a computer chip attached to them. the dustbin wagon and recycling lorry have scales attached to weigh each bin or box as its emptied. each chip is assigned to your address, and all the data gets sent to a central computer so that the council knows how much rubbish, how much green waste how many cans bottles etc you've recycled.

each area of the town gets split up into different teams. each quarter the team with the best recycling percentage is given a prize.

The chips cost about a quid each and the weighing machines about 1800 quid.
Now is that a mad idea or what

garinda · 12-03-2006, 14:48

I was posted a new recycling bag this week, for textiles.

Willow you could empty your drawers, and store your clothes in the new green textiles bag, and store any excess household waste in your tall boy until the next wheelie bin day.

Tinkerbelle · 12-03-2006, 14:50

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Originally Posted by Madhatter

Now is that a mad idea or what

I'm saying nothing!!

Madhatter · 12-03-2006, 14:58

Rubbish bins in my home town in North Warwickshire are emptied every week, green bins and recycling are once a fortnight. We have a black wheelie bin for rubbish, A green wheelie bin for garden and cardboard waste two red storage boxes for cans and glass and a blue bag for paper. I lived in a flat down there and The flats still have black bags because the bins are in a cupboard on the landings. we got round this one bag thing, not that they ever enforce it down here, as we're not petty, by putting our own rubbish out the night before by the main entrance. they don't have to come up and fetch it so they never complain. Having said that we only ever had half a sack for the two of us. If your recycling, you shouldn't have much in the main rubbish bin.

glasgow guy · 12-03-2006, 15:01

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Originally Posted by garinda

I was posted a new recycling bag this week, for textiles.

Willow you could empty your drawers, and store your clothes in the new green textiles bag, and store any excess household waste in your tall boy until the next wheelie bin day.

I also got those green bags for clothing etc, I am not doing purely because I give any old clothes and things like that to charity - the bags will come innhandy though.

Tinkerbelle · 12-03-2006, 15:03

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Originally Posted by Madhatter

Having said that we only ever had half a sack for the two of us. If your recycling, you shouldn't have much in the main rubbish bin.

Couldn't agree more .......... when you have no kids! KIDS = rubbish and lots of it!

Madhatter · 12-03-2006, 15:16

Yes but you haven't gat a sack thats half full, your talking about a wheelie bin and some more for three weeks. When I was at my parents there was four adults plus my brother and his daughter calling round and it was never full. When I was at liverpool there was five adults, plus my two sisters round once a week at least with 4 kids and although they have two bins and never recycle anything, the bin was rarely full. I think it was emptied weekly though, which means two bins, but bearing in mind no recycling whatsever.
What waste do kids create that would fill a wheelie bin up?

Tinkerbelle · 12-03-2006, 15:23

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Originally Posted by Madhatter

What waste do kids create that would fill a wheelie bin up?

Come and have a rummage, take a look, I don't mind