Bins!

[Jonah]

The whole thing is a joke anyway, I can't see any real savings at all by changing days.

The savings aren’t from changing the days. The savings are supposed to come from having a new contractor. The new contractor decided that they wanted to change the schedules, presumably to save themselves money.

 

[proactive]

The savings aren’t from changing the days. The savings are supposed to come from having a new contractor. The new contractor decided that they wanted to change the schedules, presumably to save themselves money.

Saving which I'm sure they will pass on to the council, who in turn will use it to lower our council tax next year.

Brexit's going really well isn't it.

It's coming home...

Sorry, must learn not to post whilst snorting drugs.

 

[Tumble weed]

I did notice they now say windfall n include an apple, so I assumed fruit n peelings are ok now, well , soft ones anyway, not hard skin like orange peal, but who knows.

 

[staffordjas]

Surely peelings should go in the brown bin?

New calendar says ..Brown bin.... 'No thanks' to 'Any household waste, animal waste or food waste and sawdust'

Only allows 'Small branches and bark, Windfall, Cut flowers and plants, Lawn Mowings, Leaves, Hedge clippings and Twigs'

We won't have any windfall this year...not a single apple on our tree this summer .

Green bin still sitting waiting to be hopefully emptied today, I'm clearing as much out as I can as I will be missing the next scheduled collection. I have loads of melon and oranges...produces so much waste !

 

[Lucy]

Oh. I put most of our peelings in the compost bin, another option?

 

[Gramaisc]

They like to present stuff in a rather over-simplistic manner. Peelings would generally be OK in the brown bin, but they want to avoid people scraping plates into the bin with inappropriate material included - bones, meat, etc..

They also suffer from people such as one person I know who will not understand what 'garden waste' actually means in this context - she will put anything in the brown bin if it has ever been in the garden - plastic bags, concrete flower pots - anything. She would have put the dead mower in, if she could have lifted it.

Is it compostable?

Yes - put it in the brown bin.

No - put it in the green or blue bin, as appropriate to the material involved.

 

[staffordjas]

I do tend to sling any leftover lettuce leaves into the brown bin. (Could take them down to the duck pond I suppose to see if the ducks fancy them....I know Worcester swan sanctuary has signs saying they are partial to a nice juicy lettuce)

 

[staffordjas]

Excitement...green bin just been emptied, and now smelling fresh again after a good scrub with disinfectant

Must say I wasn't expecting them to take the neighbours 'item' propped up against their bin, but it went in the back of the lorry . Wonder if that was just a one off with them collecting side bags as well this collection with it being over 3 weeks...

 

[Gramaisc]

Perhaps, if there was an EU Directive to make flags recyclable....

 

[Trumpet]

First blue bin day of the new regime and no collection. Not impressed especially having had an extra weeks worth of recycling due to the change, bin is overflowing with cider bottles.

Emptied today.

 

[Withnail]

If you haven't got a compost bin in your garden, even if it is a very small garden, then you should definitely put a compost bin in your garden.

Put all of your 'organic' shit like peelings and 'tops & tails' into it, and watch it NEVER actually fill up. Keep feeding it more and more - watch it take more and more and still not be anywhere near even half full.

It's like fecking magic.

If you have enough space, plant something next to or near to it, and it will grow like a triffid, even if you have no use for the end product, a compost bin will eat everything you might otherwise throw elsewhere, and will free up space to chuck what can't be chucked any other way.

If you haven't already got a composter, you should definitely get one.

 

[Cue]

Green bin was collected today. Unfortunately as it was left out for 3 weeks in the heat there is now wildlife at the bottom of the bin. I've left it empty and full of bleach, but I think now may be a good time to subscribe to that 4-weekly bin cleaning service.

 

[Tilly]

If you haven't got a compost bin in your garden, even if it is a very small garden, then you should definitely put a compost bin in your garden.

Put all of your 'organic' shit like peelings and 'tops & tails' into it, and watch it NEVER actually fill up. Keep feeding it more and more - watch it take more and more and still not be anywhere near even half full.

It's like fecking magic.

If you have enough space, plant something next to or near to it, and it will grow like a triffid, even if you have no use for the end product, a compost bin will eat everything you might otherwise throw elsewhere, and will free up space to chuck what can't be chucked any other way.

If you haven't already got a composter, you should definitely get one.

 

[Sir BoD]

 

[Trumpet]

Still got mine on vinyl.

 

[Tumble weed]

So yeah, no one's bins on my street were emplied today, even though today's the new designated bin day, good to see things are going well....

 

[Thehooperman]

So yeah, no one's bins on my street were emplied today, even though today's the new designated bin day, good to see things are going well....

My blue bin has been emptied some time between 17.30 and 22.00 tonight.

 

[cj1]

blue bin emptied about 20:15 are they having teething problems or will they always be emptied this late?

 

[Withnail]

I'm pretty sure you shouldn't put teeth in the blue bin.

 

[staffordjas]

We've just had two good teams of recycling blokes down our road on Wildwood this morning. Actually returned the blue and brown bins back to where they got them from , and my "Thank-you " got pleasant responses .