Latest Council Nonsense Re Waste Disposal.

[ProDave]

Took a trailer load of tree prunings to the tip (sorry recycling centre) this morning.

"Have you got your form?"

What form?

"This one, stating what it is and where it's from"

Didn't know you needed a form, you didn't last time. Well give me a form and I'll fill it in

"We don't keep the forms, you have to go into town and get one from the council service point next to the Library"

What, do that, and find somewhere to park while towing my trailer, then come back with the filled in form

"Yes that's right"

Don't you think it a bit stupid that you don't keep the forms here?

"I agree, but I don't make the rules, that's the council for you"

Can't you just turn a blind eye this time and I'll get some forms for next time

"Off you go then but I didn't say so"

So WHO in the council implements such a bonkers system where you now need to fill in a form. but you can't get the form from the tip, you have to get it somewhere else with different opening hours.

And then they are surprised that people fly tip.

 

[Evans Electric]

Sound s about right Dave .     In B,ham we have to pay £35 year  for a load of green bags  for garden cuttings .  This was the first week of the scheme ...road full of bags on Monday morning ...........  now Friday evening ......bags still there. :C

 

[kme]

Thats grim.

Deke - we were complaining 2 yrsa ago because the council re-possessed everyones garden waste wheelie bins; and substituted sad cloth bags that don`t stay open, split, drop carp everywhere, and are a general pita when they throw em back in the garden on a windy day........

And what, pray tell, happened to the big shiny expensive wheelie bin lorries they bought???? Probably scrapped `em

 

[kerching]

Wheelie bins around our area split on the two front corners , from the base to 2/3 up the sides....EVERY ONE

council said it was how we were filling them!

At least i am safe in the knowledge that there are another 30,000 idiots where i live, so i am not alone

My suggestion that there was possibly too much clamping force applied by the bin lifting arm was treated with derision. We can have new bins BUT. We have to pay for them as WE broke them!

 

[pewter]

Scotch council, saving money

 

[septiclecky]

Scotch council, saving money

Is that something to do with the Whisky Council trying not to pay duty then?

 

[steptoe]

The tip is pretty decent round here,

I have to go to commercial tip in the van,

They take the registration,  check what you are tipping and weigh you in and out,

As long as you only go a few times in the year I don't need to pay.

The wife can use the local domestic tip in the car, they just check you are putting the stuff in the right skip. 

 

[binky]

local small tip had stopped joe public putting stuff in skips themselves (you have to walk up steel steps to platform, and no doubt somebody decided it was too dangerous) - no throwing bags either, cos the workers get dust in their eyes, which is fair enough I suppose. Main tip has been re-built with big ramps for the cars, lots of good parking next to skips and is generally a well run facility

 

[smudge]

Cars can go in to the waste recycling site. No restiction. There is a height barrier to stop vans going in without a permit. This can be obtained by phone or on the site. It is open most days including bank holidays when it can get very busy.

Have four wheelie bins one for paper and cardbaord, one for garden and food waste, one for cans glass and pkastic. The fourth is for any other wsate.

 

[Marvo]

Our rubbish tip is a very informal affair. You just drive in/walk in and dump your rubbish. They upgraded it a year ago so there's now a special place for used oil, glass and wood and you don't need any special paperwork. We also still use the robust black plastic wheelie bins for our household bin collection every week. They were talking about starting some newfandangled recycling thing where we'd need two bins, sounds unnecessarily complicated to me and I don't see it catching on but that was a while back and it's no further forward.

 

[Evans Electric]

We are moving up to wheelie bins shortly .

At the moment its a :-

Black bag (supplied by us) for general carp.

Blue box for paper.

Green box for metal & plastic.

Green bags for garden waste  (@ £ 35.00  year extra)

All collected by different trucks & crews on the same day :C

No vans or trailers at the tip  , height restrictors , sometimes demand your postcode.