Did he break the law?

cheesefest · 23 Sep 2023 at 13:03

My parents had a tree removed by a tree surgeon. The invoice included disposing of material- even though he had a wood chipper towed behind the truck. As they had to dispose of the tree wood chips

SpellowHouse · 23 Sep 2023 at 13:36

He was paid extra, specifically to remove the clippings!

I paid someone today to tidy the mess and remove it all. Took photos and reported the guy. No idea if anything will happen.

Whatever. I live, I learn.

Wise man say - "life is like a merry-go-round. You go round in circles until your main bearing fails".

Efour · 23 Sep 2023 at 16:07

He could be coming back and collecting all his rubbish from several jobs at once saves doing multiple trips to fly tip somewhere

SpellowHouse · 24 Sep 2023 at 05:06

Efour said:
He could be coming back and collecting all his rubbish from several jobs at once saves doing multiple trips to fly tip somewhere

Ah, it's so difficult these days to find anyone honest. I mean, I am not 100% sure about the second guy either. But what can you do? You can't really follow them to the tip. The only good news is that it was 100% bio rubbish (clippings), so at least it won't damage the environment.

thenewoc · 24 Sep 2023 at 05:48

Probably cheaper to pay for a brown bin. I think it's about £7 a month here, then you know you're in the clear.

Bluecube · 24 Sep 2023 at 06:52

thenewoc said:
Probably cheaper to pay for a brown bin. I think it's about £7 a month here, then you know you're in the clear.

You have to pay for a brown bin? That’s ridiculous! What’re you meant to do with all your food and garden waste if you don’t have one?

Semple · 24 Sep 2023 at 07:03

Bluecube said:
You have to pay for a brown bin? That’s ridiculous! What’re you meant to do with all your food and garden waste if you don’t have one?

Agreed, ours is presumably part of council tax, so we don't pay anything for green waste.

SpellowHouse · 24 Sep 2023 at 10:19

Bluecube said:
You have to pay for a brown bin? That’s ridiculous! What’re you meant to do with all your food and garden waste if you don’t have one?

Oh, I pay for a brown bin too. It's £70 a year.

thenewoc · 24 Sep 2023 at 11:09

Bluecube said:
You have to pay for a brown bin? That’s ridiculous! What’re you meant to do with all your food and garden waste if you don’t have one?

Yep, food waste goes in to our household rubbish, black bin. We also have a recycle bin but garden waste is not allowed in that. We're expected to either pay for a brown bin, not do gardening, pay a gardener or take it to the recycling centre ourselves. I suppose it was done because some don't have gardens or don't want to pay for a brown bin and putting it on the council tax would see everyone pay.

Dis86 · 24 Sep 2023 at 11:16

Bluecube said:
You have to pay for a brown bin? That’s ridiculous! What’re you meant to do with all your food and garden waste if you don’t have one?

Compost.

Hagar · 24 Sep 2023 at 11:40

Semple said:
Agreed, ours is presumably part of council tax, so we don't pay anything for green waste.

So was ours up until January, then we will pay £56 per annum for the privilege of collecting compost materials that they then sell on to landscape contractors and the like.

Your local authority will soon catch on

Efour · 24 Sep 2023 at 12:25

The way each individual authority organises rubbish collection in the UK is mindblowing...

my mum has 2 bags, black for "rubbish" and orange for paper metal plastic. They dont do glass at all....
my sister 20 miles away has 7 different bins and containers, the fornt of her flat looks like an industrial processing plant as no one in her Flats give a toss.

Semple · 24 Sep 2023 at 12:59

Hagar said:
So was ours up until January, then we will pay £56 per annum for the privilege of collecting compost materials that they then sell on to landscape contractors and the like.

Your local authority will soon catch on

£5 a month isn't the end of the world. It'll probably cost me more in petrol to go and have to dump grass cuttings, food waste and various other cuttings from the garden.

Efour said:
The way each individual authority organises rubbish collection in the UK is mindblowing...

my mum has 2 bags, black for "rubbish" and orange for paper metal plastic. They dont do glass at all....
my sister 20 miles away has 7 different bins and containers, the fornt of her flat looks like an industrial processing plant as no one in her Flats give a toss.

Yeah we're all well aware of that :cry:

. They were supposed to be looking at standardising it so that everyone had the same colour/bin types. But alas our government is skint now so I think it got scrapped.

Hagar · 24 Sep 2023 at 13:04

Semple said:
Yeah we're all well aware of that . They were supposed to be looking at standardising it so that everyone had the same colour/bin types. But alas our government is skint now so I think it got scrapped.

Put in the recycling bin. (ours is grey).

Threepwood · 24 Sep 2023 at 13:28

I'm confused as to how the OP knows that it was his 'gardener' that fly tipped the bags, did he follow him or something?

SpellowHouse · 24 Sep 2023 at 19:37

Threepwood said:
I'm confused as to how the OP knows that it was his 'gardener' that fly tipped the bags, did he follow him or something?

He was packing the bags in a car park. Ready to depart, he got paid. He ran without taking the bags.

And unfortunately, because the land is not owned by the council, that's the end of it. It would be a matter of taking him to small claims or something, so probably won't bother.

Pawnless Endgame · 24 Sep 2023 at 20:03

@SpellowHouse - how did you find out that the garden waste got left behind at those 2 locations? Just by walking / driving past them by chance and you spotted the bags?

Good on you though for reporting the gardener and getting the bags cleared up. I think if there were any fines, it would be traced to the gardener's numberplate if caught on CCTV.