Scrap Heap For Britain's 'Barmy Bin Rules'

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

I just jump up and down on the bin till it compacts and get really heavy lol

Then you find there is a bag left at the bottom that the handy dandy lift on the rubbish cart can't dislodge and the bin men won't remove.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

I just jump up and down on the bin till it compacts and get really heavy lol

They have another rule here as well and that is if your bin lid is open by more than 1 inch they refuse to empty it and charge you if they have to send a special vehicle out to empty it..

Ours and nearby streets have just got a letter from our council about leaving bins out with rubbish in them .This is as a result of the bins not getting emptied when we had all the snow on the ground ,the drivers where all on gritter duty so couldn't drive the bin wagons because of driver hours .Anyway the bins where left out on the usual day (last thursday) but the bin men did not turn up for the aforementioned reason ,we weren't told they weren't coming and had no idea when they would come so we left them out ,on the wednesday and thursday the following week we had really strong winds which inevitably resulted in the bins being blown all over the place .The bins eventually got emptied a week late ,had we been notified of this when inquiries where made with Envirocall we could have bought the bins back in

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by martyh

Ours and nearby streets have just got a letter from our council about leaving bins out with rubbish in them .This is as a result of the bins not getting emptied when we had all the snow on the ground ,the drivers where all on gritter duty so couldn't drive the bin wagons because of driver hours .Anyway the bins where left out on the usual day (last thursday) but the bin men did not turn up for the aforementioned reason ,we weren't told they weren't coming and had no idea when they would come so we left them out ,on the wednesday and thursday the following week we had really strong winds which inevitably resulted in the bins being blown all over the place .The bins eventually got emptied a week late ,had we been notified of this when inquiries where made with Envirocall we could have bought the bins back in

There is a nice picturesque park at the back of my house which i fear will become black binbag central.

Originally Posted by Sirius

There is a nice picturesque park at the back of my house which i fear will become black binbag central.

Yep,at least our council have kept visits to the local recycling center as free ,they only charge for commercial dumping.Charging for taking extra bags is only asking for trouble .

I think our council has it backwards as far as bins are concerned we need our fortnightly recycling waste collected every fortnight and the general waste every week it should be the other way around .

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by martyh

Yep,at least our council have kept visits to the local recycling center as free ,they only charge for commercial dumping.Charging for taking extra bags is only asking for trouble .

I think our council has it backwards as far as bins are concerned we need our fortnightly recycling waste collected every fortnight and the general waste every week it should be the other way around .

Our council and councilors are a waste of space. All there interested in is fighting amongst themselves and working out what they can charge you extra for.

Originally Posted by Sirius

Our council and councilors are a waste of space. All there interested in is fighting amongst themselves and working out what they can charge you extra for.

To be fair ours isn't too bad ,they are despite the cuts, still keeping pledges made like new windows in the houses even though they are not strictly needed for another 10 yrs and some major investment in run down areas

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by martyh

To be fair ours isn't too bad ,they are despite the cuts, still keeping pledges made like new windows in the houses even though they are not strictly needed for another 10 yrs and some major investment in run down areas

Problem here is they are using council tax money to help fund that sort of work to council houses. So if that's the case and I pay council tax why can i not have my windows and boilers funded by the council. Of course they will never agree to it because i am in my own house. Maybe i should get a reduction in my council tax.

Originally Posted by Sirius

Problem here is they are using council tax money to help fund that sort of work to council houses. So if that's the case and I pay council tax why can i not have my windows and boilers funded by the council. Of course they will never agree to it because i am in my own house. Maybe i should get a reduction in my council tax.

well re. the windows and being a cynic i think it will be justification for a big rent rise next year because ours have been frozen this year

and other investment in run down areas will actually earn the council money

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by Sirius

They have another rule here as well and that is if your bin lid is open by more than 1 inch they refuse to empty it and charge you if they have to send a special vehicle out to empty it..

They used to refuse to take them here too, citing health and safety reasons. Even went as far as saying a binman was seriously hurt when some rubbish fell out of a bit that was overfilled. Yet when they changed to 2 weekly collections to save money, all the bins were massively overflowing but they decided it was now ok to have them overflowing and bin lids open. Every bin around here has been overflowing with open lids every week now since they changed to fortnightly yet they are happy to empty them and not issue fines...go figure

Fly tipping does increase and people will go as far as having one bag for paperwork/identifying information and another that can be dumped with no trail back to them. Unbelievable.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Qtx

Fly tipping does increase and people will go as far as having one bag for paperwork/identifying information and another that can be dumped with no trail back to them. Unbelievable.

Thats what i am expecting to happen in the park behind my house. Wonder how much its going to cost them removing dumped rubbish from all the parks and woods ?

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Thats what i am expecting to happen in the park behind my house. Wonder how much its going to cost them removing dumped rubbish from all the parks and woods ?

Don't worry it'll just be added to the council tax...

Originally Posted by Osem

Don't worry it'll just be added to the council tax...

along with the cost of litter wardens and cctv to monitor the areas

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Osem

Don't worry it'll just be added to the council tax...

Originally Posted by martyh

along with the cost of litter wardens and cctv to monitor the areas

So in the end it just costs them more and they don't make any savings.

Originally Posted by Sirius

So in the end it just costs them more and they don't make any savings.

In my experience most LA cost cutting exercising do