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They removed the lid to one of mine a while back, I emailed a complaint & they replied stating they had done it as I was having a new bin delivered later in the week....which I did. I would email them though, so they don't have a chance to 'forget'!Anyone come across their brown bin being disabled (ie the lid being pinched by the binmen) because you had two brown bins?
(never thought i'd start such a rocking thread - but I sniff skullduggery)
The advice on the blue bin still contains this absolute gem.
Q. Do labels and lids need to be taken off glass and plastic containers?
A. There is no need to remove labels. Please remove all lids; they can be placed separately in the blue bin. Leaving the lids on causes vacuums inside the containers that make them difficult to compact within the vehicle.
http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/faq
My blue bin was emptied ok yesterday, as I stick to the rules (didn't know about the lids on jars one though...but normally throw the lids in the normal rubbish and just recycle the glass jar.).
But the blue bin men were on a mission down our road yesterday. Rejected 3 out of the 5 bins at the top of our drive alone, with 'bagged items' and 'plant pot' as the reasons and a message on them that photos had been taken.Just hoping the neighbours left with full blue bins don't just pile more on top and leave the overflowing rubbish to end up blowing into my garden, as it always tends to !
The advice on the blue bin still contains this absolute gem.
Q. Do labels and lids need to be taken off glass and plastic containers?
A. There is no need to remove labels. Please remove all lids; they can be placed separately in the blue bin. Leaving the lids on causes vacuums inside the containers that make them difficult to compact within the vehicle.
Perhaps it is to stop the vacuums escaping?Interesting, the most recent information I've seen from South Staffs Council says to leave the lids on.
Perhaps it is to stop the vacuums escaping?
I have a special flask that I keep mine in.Even Colditz couldn't keep them in.
I'm seeing a bloke that works for a recycling company in Birmingham. According to him, all the rubbish ends up in the same place. I know Birmingham City Council bung it all in an incinerator.My brown garden bin didn't get taken for 3 cycles. I complained and nothing happened just filling up more and more with garden flowers and rubbish. It got taken last week but I don't know why it wasn't touched the weeks before. I try stick to rules with the recycle blue bin. I can be a bit lazy with the actual green bin and occasionally put recyclable rubbish in I don't want to clean out lol. my neighbour said it all goes to same place anyway not sure how true that is.
my neighbour said it all goes to same place anyway not sure how true that is.