Our council have instructions that you cant jam stuff in and compress it. If it doesn't come out when they tip it up it gets dumped back full again as I have found out a couple of times
Bin men don't lift bags left outside the bin?
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Our council have instructions that you cant jam stuff in and compress it. If it doesn't come out when they tip it up it gets dumped back full again as I have found out a couple of times
Soldato
If everyone overfilled their bin or had extra bin bags at the side then the bin wagon would fill up quicker and would need emptying more. They will then run the risk of running out of working hours before the round is finished. Also considering most bin rounds have like 1 driver and 2 or 3 men emptying wheelie bins compared to the old dust bin days when it was a whole gang.
Our council have instructions that you cant jam stuff in and compress it. If it doesn't come out when they tip it up it gets dumped back full again as I have found out a couple of times
Iv done that tonight, but we are also recycling a lot..
I'm up at 7 tomorrow so hopefully will catch them
Wow I must be blessed with best rubbish collection in the country?
Weekly collection of everything, no limits that I know of.
Only wheelie bin is for green waste.
I do recycle 90% of what I bin, so only around 1 black sack a month, unless it starts to smell.
We do have to pay for large goods collection now like beds, white goods, furniture now.
Weekly collection of everything, no limits that I know of.
Only wheelie bin is for green waste.
I do recycle 90% of what I bin, so only around 1 black sack a month, unless it starts to smell.
We do have to pay for large goods collection now like beds, white goods, furniture now.
10 years ago hardly anyone had a blue or black bin, people had regular dustbins and the bin men actually did their job and emptied them plus taking and bags nearby
Soldato
You're creating too much general waste for what the council will deem acceptable, 1 bin every two weeks. As to their definition of acceptable, best ask them. It could be that they're on the limit of amount of workers or trucks or are in the mind of "**** you, don't be a wasteful *******!".
Around here, if you have a "big" family (at least 5 people in the house) then you can apply for a larger bin.
If you're creating too much waste, then either be more efficient or take the excess to your local tip/dump.
Around here, if you have a "big" family (at least 5 people in the house) then you can apply for a larger bin.
If you're creating too much waste, then either be more efficient or take the excess to your local tip/dump.
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Soldato
They do the same round here, if the black bin doesn't shut then they won't take it, and you can forget about extra bags.
This is offset somewhat as you could literally pile a mountain of recyclable crap next to the road on blue bin day and they will always cart it off. I just make sure I recycle as much as possible, my main difficulty is getting the missus to do the same.
This is offset somewhat as you could literally pile a mountain of recyclable crap next to the road on blue bin day and they will always cart it off. I just make sure I recycle as much as possible, my main difficulty is getting the missus to do the same.
10 years ago hardly anyone had a blue or black bin, people had regular dustbins and the bin men actually did their job and emptied them plus taking and bags nearby
wheelie bins where first introduced in the late 80s by one council and then spread from there, so most people probably had wheelie bins by 2006.
again it has nothing to do with not doing their job. by taking the extra rubbish they wouldnt be doing their job.
landfill is extremely expensive and have targets.
if you recycle you should have absolutely no issues, its just people are lazy. thankfully most have cottoned on and that if they don't do so much recycling then they'll have rubbish. ffs i'm in a 5 bed house at the moment with 5 adults and we still usually have room to spare in the fortnightly normal sized wheelie bin, and even then when its raining etc, people generally just put plastic etc in the kitchen bin.
from a financial point, i don't want councils to increase rubbish charges due to idiots who seem to struggle with life, and from an environmental stand point i don't want to see it either.
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Same where i live, you just leave the bags out on the pavement and everything gets taken. We are only given a wheely bin for garden waste.
damn, when i hear "ten years ago" my b rain immediately jumps to thinking of the 90s
As an ex binman, i would take any bags left on the side as long as there wasn't tons of them 2 or 3 was fine but any more and i would report it. if you did leave any bags, kids would kick the bags all over and have mess everywhere and just cause more problems so in my eyes, not worth leaving.
Most other binmen i worked with wouldn't take the bags, you get the whole "i'm only paid to touch the bin handle" rubbish.
Most other binmen i worked with wouldn't take the bags, you get the whole "i'm only paid to touch the bin handle" rubbish.
Permabanned
What a kind and refreshing attitude, a very happy Christmas and a healthy New Year to you Phil, good man!
Our council have instructions that you cant jam stuff in and compress it. If it doesn't come out when they tip it up it gets dumped back full again as I have found out a couple of times
People then dump it, like i quite frequently find out riding local lanes and trails.
This, they really cant complain at people fly tipping if when they try and do the right thing and put it in the bin they don't take said bin because the lid is open by a centimeter, its pathetic.
Soldato
I know you pay for big loads when going to the dump but surely you still can dump the odd bin bag or two for free?
Maybe in big cities, but it was around 2006 when they started coming in in force in most places, think we got our black bin in '08 then they added the other colours.
There was a lot of resentment at the time as they were basically requiring taxpayers to do the councils work for free just so the council could stash more cash. And now you have the situation today with binmen (who used to carry bins down alleyways then back) refusing to take a couple of extra bags, and yet we are expected to pay the same amount lol.
Soldato
What I don't understand, and this just one is a whole load of bin related stories at our end, is;
What is it with the frigging leaflets they hang on the handle of the wheelie bin, or jam inbetween the lid and the lip???
One mild breeze and suddenly there is loads of litter made by the freaking leaflets via the binmen!!!
We live in a society where the bin men are forced to litter. Its crazy. 100% loonie bin.
AND THEN! People wonder why folk, especially new people, don't know WHAT THE HELL TO DO (nobody dare ask it seems) because the leaflet from the bin man that was left in there bin that tells them what to do... flew away! determined to be litter!
Is that ironic or just freaking stupid.
Oh.
My.
God.
All the bin related memories are flooding back, I must retreat to a safe place.
What is it with the frigging leaflets they hang on the handle of the wheelie bin, or jam inbetween the lid and the lip???
One mild breeze and suddenly there is loads of litter made by the freaking leaflets via the binmen!!!
We live in a society where the bin men are forced to litter. Its crazy. 100% loonie bin.
AND THEN! People wonder why folk, especially new people, don't know WHAT THE HELL TO DO (nobody dare ask it seems) because the leaflet from the bin man that was left in there bin that tells them what to do... flew away! determined to be litter!
Is that ironic or just freaking stupid.
Oh.
My.
God.
All the bin related memories are flooding back, I must retreat to a safe place.
Soldato
We got wheelie bins in my area in 2001/2002. Just the 2 though, general waste for landfill and recyclables.
To this day there are streets in my town who still get weekly collections by either an old dustbin or black bags. This is due to their back door facing straight onto the street with no where to store bins other than a cubby hole the size of a dust bin. Their front gardens only have access via a footpath so no chance of getting a bin wagon down apart from bin men walking back and forwards to the end of the street.
Bulky collections round here are a joke, you phone up council and pay yet it can take 2 weeks+ before they come and collect.
To this day there are streets in my town who still get weekly collections by either an old dustbin or black bags. This is due to their back door facing straight onto the street with no where to store bins other than a cubby hole the size of a dust bin. Their front gardens only have access via a footpath so no chance of getting a bin wagon down apart from bin men walking back and forwards to the end of the street.
Bulky collections round here are a joke, you phone up council and pay yet it can take 2 weeks+ before they come and collect.