Bins!

Lucy

Lucy

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The old teams used to block my drive with the bins, and because the road is so narrow it was a real pain, that's not happening any longer.
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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Lucy said:
The old teams used to block my drive with the bins, and because the road is so narrow it was a real pain, that's not happening any longer.
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First collection on the new calendar /days , the brown bin team blocked the driveway to 5 houses by lining them up across the entrance . Hope we get this good team again each time from now on.
 
Mikinton

Mikinton

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That must be a record - both bins emptied by 10:05. (The blue bin had been emptied when I got home at around 9:30.)

School Run effect ??
 
Jonah

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
My blue bin is still full. A month ago they emptied it at 7.10am, a fortnight ago it was early afternoon. Will today be at 7.00pm?
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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I've always put the black plastic food trays/containers in the recycling, but saw a TV article the other day saying lots of recycling bin contents ends up in landfill because things like black plastic can't be recycled. But says on the Borough Council website that food trays can go in the blue bin :q: They even held up a washing detergent bottle and said that couldn't be recycled as well :q:, but according to our Borough Council guidelines for recycling......



'Yes Please
Household Bottles: Bath Foam, Bleach, Conditioner, Detergent, Fabric Conditioner, Hand Wash, Milk, Mouth Wash, Shower Gel, Soft Drinks, Suntan/after sun

Tubs, trays and pots: Butter, Fruit Punnets (grapes, strawberries etc), Food Trays (not expanded polystyrene), Ice Cream, Margarine, Yoghurt

Other: Cling Film, Carrier Bags (empty), Egg Boxes

No Thanks
Biros and Felt Pens, Bubble wrap, Buckets, Christmas Decorations, Coat Hanger, CDs and DVDs (discs), Computer Floppy Disks, Costume Jewellery, DVD/CD cases, Deodorant (roll on), Disposable Drink Cups, Disposable Cutlery, Empty Plant Containers, Flower/plant pots, Hot Water Bottles, Hosepipes, Household Waste Bins, Lamp Shades, Pet Beds, Plastic Furniture, Polystyrene (Expanded), Spectacles, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste Tubes, Plastic Toys, Tupperware, Videos and VHS, Washing Up Bowls.'
 
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Tumble weed

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I’m pretty sure they just ship it by the tonne to the third world and get them to sort it. I don’t think they really care that much about the details unless it’s stupid like nappies.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
It is alleged that black plastics are generally discarded as they use light transmission to do a lot of the sorting.
 
Glam

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Tumble weed said:
I’m pretty sure they just ship it by the tonne to the third world and get them to sort it. I don’t think they really care that much about the details unless it’s stupid like nappies.
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Tumble weed said:
Would be interesting to find out what they actually do with the waste,
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Gramaisc said:
It is alleged that black plastics are generally discarded as they use light transmission to do a lot of the sorting.
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Last year I was seeing a gobshite from Birmingham, he worked for a recycling company.They dealt mainly with retail waste and clinical waste from hospitals. He reckoned it weas a waste of time sorting stuff because the majority ended up in the same place. In the incinerator.
The stuff they could make money from was set aside, and the rest Birmingham city council just burnt.
 
basil

basil

don't mention the blinds
Glam said:
Last year I was seeing a gobshite from Birmingham, he worked for a recycling company.They dealt mainly with retail waste and clinical waste from hospitals. He reckoned it weas a waste of time sorting stuff because the majority ended up in the same place. In the incinerator.
The stuff they could make money from was set aside, and the rest Birmingham city council just burnt.
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David Essex in the rubbish business ?.....
 
The Notorious A.N.T.

The Notorious A.N.T.

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In St.Georges one side of the road is meant to have bins collected on a Monday with the other side of the road having them collected on a Wednesday (barmy!). Bin men appear to be ‘going rogue’ & collected all on a Wednesday now (we are on the ‘Monday’ side so our bins are having to sit outside for two days just in case!).
 
Withnail

Withnail

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St. Georges bin man...

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gone Rogue.
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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The Notorious A.N.T. said:
In St.Georges one side of the road is meant to have bins collected on a Monday with the other side of the road having them collected on a Wednesday (barmy!). Bin men appear to be ‘going rogue’ & collected all on a Wednesday now (we are on the ‘Monday’ side so our bins are having to sit outside for two days just in case!).
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I can't understand the logic behind these new collections. Rather than starting at one end of the estate and working their way around, like they used to do , they are now driving backwards and forwards around the estate all day. The road next to ours was done at 8.45am last week, ours was done at 4pm ! When I walked around the ringroad that day there were some streets emptied and ones inbetween not yet done. Are they going around alphabetically or something???
 
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