Recycling changes...

Thehooperman · Feb 2, 2021

Gramaisc said:
This seems to be the current position.

"I don’t want the service, what do I do with my brown bin?
You can keep the brown bin for use around the garden or garage. We are considering ways for unwanted brown bins to be collected but this won’t be possible in the first nine months.
If we remove an unwanted garden waste bin at the resident’s request, and the resident subsequently wants to subscribe there will be a one off delivery charge of £25 in addition to the subscription charge"

https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/brownbin

Great! I've now got a brown bin I don't use and two green bins because when they replaced my damaged full sized bin they replaced it with one of those crappy smaller bins.

I complained that I wanted a full size bin like the one they'd damaged which they eventually provided but haven't collected the small one.

Mudgie · Feb 2, 2021

Gramaisc said:
This seems to be the current position.

"I don’t want the service, what do I do with my brown bin?
You can keep the brown bin for use around the garden or garage. We are considering ways for unwanted brown bins to be collected but this won’t be possible in the first nine months.
If we remove an unwanted garden waste bin at the resident’s request, and the resident subsequently wants to subscribe there will be a one off delivery charge of £25 in addition to the subscription charge"

https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/brownbin

So the council are only "considering ways for unwanted brown bins to be collected" and yet there is "a one off delivery charge of £25 in addition to the subscription charge" if they've removed an unwanted garden waste bin at the resident’s request.

Mudgie · Feb 2, 2021

Mudgie said:
No, I've not tried 'phoning them.
I'm still awaiting replies to emails.

After a lengthy exchange of emails this has finally been resolved and I've got the sticker for our brown bin.

Thehooperman · Feb 2, 2021

Mudgie said:
After a lengthy exchange of emails this has finally been resolved and I've got the sticker for our brown bin.

Did you ring them up to thank them?

Mudgie · Feb 2, 2021

Thehooperman said:
Did you ring them up to thank them?

No.
I can't remember the last time I made a 'phone call.

staffordjas · Feb 2, 2021

Thehooperman said:
Great! I've now got a brown bin I don't use and two green bins because when they replaced my damaged full sized bin they replaced it with one of those crappy smaller bins.

I complained that I wanted a full size bin like the one they'd damaged which they eventually provided but haven't collected the small one.

When I phoned to say my normal sized green bin had disappeared immediately after it was emptied (within seconds of me getting my shoes on to get it in as it was being emptied...) they swore blind it hadn't been taken by them and I could only have a crappy tiny bin as a replacement. But I would have to pay to get a normal size replacement. :mad:

Cue · Feb 3, 2021

Thehooperman said:
Great! I've now got a brown bin I don't use and two green bins because when they replaced my damaged full sized bin they replaced it with one of those crappy smaller bins.

I complained that I wanted a full size bin like the one they'd damaged which they eventually provided but haven't collected the small one.

I’m sure if you leave them somewhere out on the street they’ll disappear soon enough. Then tell them it was nicked.

c0tt0nt0p · Feb 3, 2021

I've been up to the recycling centre 3 times in the last week to dispose of bags of soil/rubble from our new raised beds...The website says its £3 per bag...

1st visit (last week) - 3 bags charged a total of £6
2nd visit today - 5 larger bags charged a total of £9
3rd visit 45 mins later (and checked in by the same staffer)- same 5 bags charged £6

I'm expected to be given money by them sooner or later

Thehooperman · Feb 3, 2021

staffordjas said:
When I phoned to say my normal sized green bin had disappeared immediately after it was emptied (within seconds of me getting my shoes on to get it in as it was being emptied...) they swore blind it hadn't been taken by them and I could only have a crappy tiny bin as a replacement. But I would have to pay to get a normal size replacement.

I offered to reduce my council tax payments in proportion with the reduction of my green bin capacity and just kept emailing them about a formal complaint I had raised on another bin related matter until they gave in.

Thehooperman · Feb 3, 2021

Mudgie said:
No.
I can't remember the last time I made a 'phone call.

Was it to call the Coach to see if they had any Waddy's in?

Mudgie · Feb 3, 2021

c0tt0nt0p said:
I've been up to the recycling centre 3 times in the last week to dispose of bags of soil/rubble from our new raised beds...The website says its £3 per bag...

1st visit (last week) - 3 bags charged a total of £6
2nd visit today - 5 larger bags charged a total of £9
3rd visit 45 mins later (and checked in by the same staffer)- same 5 bags charged £6

I'm expected to be given money by them sooner or later

Put it all in the bottom of your brown bin and it'll only be £36 for a whole year !

Mudgie · Feb 3, 2021

Thehooperman said:
Was it to call the Coach to see if they had any Waddy's in?

No, I don't 'phone pubs, I go to them, and if they've not got the beer I want I go on to another one.

c0tt0nt0p · Feb 3, 2021

Mudgie said:
Put it all in the bottom of your brown bin and it'll only be £36 for a whole year !

Given they wouldn't touch it with a barge pole come collection day, probably not...

That said I can use the brown bin as a wheel barrow when I get the soil delivered....

EasMid · Feb 3, 2021

c0tt0nt0p said:
I've been up to the recycling centre 3 times in the last week to dispose of bags of soil/rubble from our new raised beds...The website says its £3 per bag...

1st visit (last week) - 3 bags charged a total of £6
2nd visit today - 5 larger bags charged a total of £9
3rd visit 45 mins later (and checked in by the same staffer)- same 5 bags charged £6

I'm expected to be given money by them sooner or later

Have a look on their website to see the size of the bags. I’d love to see anyone at the tip
lift a bag that size full of rubble/soil.
I got rid of a lot in 2019 & had the same problem. After the first trip I convinced the guy to charge for a boot full (£9 at the time). A bit later I took some 3x2 heavy bastard concrete slabs, I broke each 1up into about 4 or 5 manageable pieces. The arsehole jobsworth (different guy) wanted to charge me £3 per piece (it was £3 per slab at the time). Another guy put him straight & charged me £9 again for the lot.

EasMid · Feb 3, 2021

c0tt0nt0p said:
Apologies if this had already been taken about, I'm stuck on my mobile and struggle to go back over previous pages on this thread... What options are there if I want to get rid of my now unfused brown recycling wheelie bin,?? Can I take it to the tip and get it disposed of?

I’m fairly sure that originally they said that the bins remained their property. Could be worth ringing (or emailing) & asking how much they’ll pay you for inside storage. :keke:

Thehooperman · Feb 3, 2021

Mudgie said:
No, I don't 'phone pubs, I go to them, and if they've not got the beer I want I go on to another one.

Was it to phone a friend to see if they're going to the pub?

staffordjas · Feb 4, 2021

[1

c0tt0nt0p said:
Given they wouldn't touch it with a barge pole come collection day, probably not...

Our old neighbour 'lent' another neighbours brown bin without their knowledge , once they'd left for work, one collection day to fill it with rubble. The other neighbour came back from work to find his previously empty bin unemptied and now full with an 'OOPS' tag on it , because it was full of rubble which wasn't allowed. :roll:

Cue · Feb 4, 2021

c0tt0nt0p said:
I've been up to the recycling centre 3 times in the last week to dispose of bags of soil/rubble from our new raised beds...The website says its £3 per bag...

1st visit (last week) - 3 bags charged a total of £6
2nd visit today - 5 larger bags charged a total of £9
3rd visit 45 mins later (and checked in by the same staffer)- same 5 bags charged £6

I'm expected to be given money by them sooner or later

If you don’t pay people enough to care, they won’t.

I took I think 15 bags of plasterboard up there last year, not the full size bags they offer mind you, probably 3/4 of that.

I believe I paid about £10 over 3 trips in all. The bags are meant to be £4 or £8 (don’t recall which) to chuck

Mudgie · Feb 4, 2021

Thehooperman said:
Was it to phone a friend to see if they're going to the pub?

That's usually all arranged on a beer and pubs forum not by 'phone.

Mudgie · Feb 4, 2021

staffordjas said:
[1

Our old neighbour 'lent' another neighbours brown bin without their knowledge , once they'd left for work, one collection day to fill it with rubble. The other neighbour came back from work to find his previously empty bin unemptied and now full with an 'OOPS' tag on it , because it was full of rubble which wasn't allowed.

Blue and brown look very similar in the dark so the neighbour might have made a mistake.

Recycling changes...

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite

Well-Known Forumite