Bins

[Gramaisc]

A certain well-known local character - with a propensity for climbing trees - once had a brick thrown through his back door window and so he very carefully wrapped the debris in cardboard and taped it securely. At the time he was only putting his bin out once every couple of months, as he didn't produce much waste. When the bin lorry arrived rather than expose the operatives to any risk, he carried the 'parcel' out into the road and was about to throw it into the lorry when he was told 'We cannot take anything that is not contained within the wheeled bin, Sir'.

 

[basil]

Would this be the same guy who had a run in with editorial team on 'the post'?.......

 

[Gramaisc]

That's him - allegedly.

 

[basil]

I saw him at his traffic stopping best in gaol sq on a saturday afternoon a few yrs back........

 

[Timeflies]

Well I've just passed 3 bin lorries heading upto the Highfields/Western Downs area. It looks like we are finally getting some bin action up my end!

T

 

[db]

Well I've just passed 3 bin lorries heading upto the Highfields/Western Downs area.

today is my green bin day, so i'm assuming it will collected as usual.. i've left the blue bin out just in case, but i'm not holding my breath!

It looks like we are finally getting some bin action up my end!

just when the thread was getting back on track, you go and hand a "get off-topic free" card to gramaisc!

 

[Gramaisc]

It's your fault now, I hadn't actually spotted that one. I'm off to Google it now. Probably find some really dirty stuff..

 

[Timeflies]

Well I've just passed 3 bin lorries heading upto the Highfields/Western Downs area.

today is my green bin day, so i'm assuming it will collected as usual.. i've left the blue bin out just in case, but i'm not holding my breath!

It looks like we are finally getting some bin action up my end!

just when the thread was getting back on track, you go and hand a "get off-topic free" card to gramaisc!

I thought it sounded a bit dodgy when I was typing it but I thought what the hell....

T

 

[darben]

A couple of years back i suggested to my son-in-laws binman that as there wasn't much garden waste this time of year they introduce a policy that general household waste should be accepted from the brown bin as well as the green one for the 1st collection in january. He remarked it was a brilliant idea as it would be simple to carry out and the punters would be happy..........

Basil it looks like they they were reading your suggestions on the forum if you look at councils bin news below, which i think it might be helpful to share:


Subject: Update: Domestic Refuse Collection

Please see below message currently on the Council's website regarding disruption to Refuse Collection Service.

Emergency News
Last update Tuesday 12 January 2010 11.38am
Bin collection update
The adverse weather has meant some households will not have had their bins emptied on their scheduled collection day. Biffa are currently carrying out the scheduled service today but there may be a number of properties they may not be able to get to due to the icy conditions - primarily side streets and untreated roads. If you have not had your bin emptied by 5pm on the scheduled day then you will not have a collection until your next scheduled date.
Extra bin collections
Properties that have missed their green bin collection due to the conditions may temporarily use their empty brown bin as a second rubbish bin. This must only be placed alongside the green bin on the next scheduled green bin collection day between 18 January 2010 and 29 January 2010 as highlighted on the previously issued calendar. Please do not put out your brown bin containing household waste with your blue bin as this will not be collected due to the potential mixing of waste within the recycling collection vehicle.
Biffa also will collect side waste if bagged and left by the side of the appropriate bin. Rubbish should be left by the green refuse bin and recycling by the blue bin on the next appropriate collection date. But if possible could all glass items be placed in the blue recycling bin. If not we would ask residents to take care when putting glass in to bags.
We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused our residents.
Regards

 

[Trumpet]

Biffa are currently carrying out the scheduled service today but there may be a number of properties they may not be able to get to due to the icy conditions - primarily side streets and untreated roads.

I'm guessing no collections for the majority today then, if they daren't stray off the main roads.

 

[wildwood]

It is pretty hairy out there today to be fair... especially in a 20 tonne lorry.

 

[tek-monkey]

I saw at least one van today, on the Stone road. After that I was too busy watching car crashes and falling over (in no particular order).

 

[Lucy]

I passed them on Marston Road at ten past 8, so fingers crossed. I also saw the small lorry on John Amery Drive, which normally goes out if they've forgotten to collect; so there's no reason why they can't send that down the side streets.

 

[My Name is URL]

Its not the green bin that's the problem for me, could go 2 months or more without having that emptied... the blue bin is the problem, bloody recycling too much and its rammed.

Seems to be the problem for most of my street too.

 

[Trumpet]

Same here on that one, I only put my green bin out about every 3rd or 4th collection but the blue bin is brimming.
I am managing a daily 90 mile round trip to work and back with no real problems so would expect a professional driver to cope OK.

 

[tek-monkey]

Same here, despite having 3 adults that cook seperately in our place the green bin rarely fills. I can fill a blue bin on my own though!

 

[Trumpet]

Like a drop do we?

 

[tek-monkey]

My 5 a day are all canned apples

 

[Trumpet]

A proportion of mine consists of bottled grapes.

 

[staffordjas]

The green bins down our road on Wildwood weren't emptied on Monday ,even though the van collecting charity bags managed to get down quite easily at 9am !

I've left mine up the end of the drive with all the others,just in case and just keeping adding to it.Just hoping that no-one else decides to fill my half empty bin with their rubbish now!!!