Changes at the tip (recycling centre for you posh folk).

[joshua]

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Waste-and-recycling/Van-Permit-System.aspx

Staffordshire County Council has introduced a van and trailer permit scheme for Staffordshire residents who drive a van or use a trailer (please see full list of vehicles which will require a permit) to dispose of their household waste at the Household Waste Recycling Centres.

 

[Theresa Green]

So where do we dump the bodies now?

Asking for a fiend

 

[gilesjuk]

It seems sensible as long as it remains free. They're trying to stop people dumping commercial waste. But then I would sooner commercial waste costs be very low than see it dumped in a layby over the chase.

 

[tek-monkey]

It seems sensible as long as it remains free.

Even if free now, for how long? We pay our taxes to get the services, then the services slowly disappear.

 

[basil]

Rip off Britain.....

 

[DoggedWalker]

It seems sensible as long as it remains free. They're trying to stop people dumping commercial waste. But then I would sooner commercial waste costs be very low than see it dumped in a layby over the chase.

It’s also in anticipation of the fact that DIY waste will be free of charge later this year. So no charging for rubble/tiles/plaster as there is now. Presumably a DIYer won’t need more than a couple of van trips a year.

We’ve just had work done on the house and I’ve done the tiling. I’ve got the old tiles and scrap from the work down the side of the house until it becomes free of charge to drop off!

 

[Wormella]

It’s also in anticipation of the fact that DIY waste will be free of charge later this year. So no charging for rubble/tiles/plaster as there is now. Presumably a DIYer won’t need more than a couple of van trips a year.

We’ve just had work done on the house and I’ve done the tiling. I’ve got the old tiles and scrap from the work down the side of the house until it becomes free of charge to drop off!

Do you know what the date for it being free of charge is?

 

[DoggedWalker]

Do you know what the date for it being free of charge is?

Later this year is the clearest I can find unfortunately;

Council DIY waste charges abolished

Charges to dispose of DIY waste at household waste recycling centres will be removed.

www.gov.uk

 

[Lucy]

When I was there on Sunday they were telling someone that if they'd waited a couple of weeks it would have been free, I assume it's at the point the permits come in.

 

[Jonah]

No cost for now.

But soon it’ll be £36 per year after everyone has got used to having it for no extra charge on your Council Tax.

 

[gilesjuk]

It’s also in anticipation of the fact that DIY waste will be free of charge later this year. So no charging for rubble/tiles/plaster as there is now. Presumably a DIYer won’t need more than a couple of van trips a year.

We’ve just had work done on the house and I’ve done the tiling. I’ve got the old tiles and scrap from the work down the side of the house until it becomes free of charge to drop off!

Never minded a few small charges. However what did annoy me is how when I dropped off natural stone from a front wall I removed they classed it as rubble, bricks to charge for it. It's easy reusable for something.

 

[Wormella]

Just confirming you no longer have to pay to drop bags of rubble off at the tip

 

[essexian]

Does anyone know if you can take rubble from the rubble bin at the tip? I need a bit of hardcore (steady at the back!) for a pathway I am building so just wondered.

Its recycling afterall? And yes, I could ask them when I am next down there but wondered if anyone knew before I make a fool of myself by asking.

 

[Wormella]

Does anyone know if you can take rubble from the rubble bin at the tip? I need a bit of hardcore (steady at the back!) for a pathway I am building so just wondered.

Its recycling afterall? And yes, I could ask them when I am next down there but wondered if anyone knew before I make a fool of myself by asking.

If you can't try freegle (used to be freecycle) or Facebook marketplace (that's how we got rid of lots of gravel / hard-core over the summer)

 

[Gramaisc]

Making great use of The Tip in recent weeks, to the extent that I expect to be invited to the Christmas party, I have had my opinion of the place and, even more so, the staff, greatly reinforced.

In contrast to many public services, it's run efficiently, competently and diligently.

The waste paper containers are rammed full and have been waiting to be emptied for a fortnight, but that is down to an outside contractor, apparently.

 

[DeltaHotel]

Making great use of The Tip in recent weeks, to the extent that I expect to be invited to the Christmas party, I have had my opinion of the place and, even more so, the staff, greatly reinforced.

In contrast to many public services, it's run efficiently, competently and diligently.

The waste paper containers are rammed full and have been waiting to be emptied for a fortnight, but that is down to an outside contractor, apparently.

The Tip and The Station. The last two places of interest in Stafford

 

[gon2seed]

Tried to drop some bits from work off at the tip yesterday from work! Plastic containers of different sizes, but all food(drink)/cosmetics/cleaning boxes, bottles, cartons! There used to be large rubble sacks mounted on square stands, but these have disappeared! They used to be a number of them in a prominent position, then recently they have moved down to the corner, behind the bottle/glass bins! Asked the friendly assistant, the potentially dangerous question of, "Where should I stick them?". His answer was, "In the general waste!" Stuck in my craw a bit, but I complied with the instruction!

I thought these soft plastics, are a relative success of recycling? I hope this is merely a short term problem!

 

[DeltaHotel]

Thanks for the tip

 

[Staffordy McStaffordface]

Thanks for the tip

Rubbish.

 

[Gramaisc]

Thanks for the tip

Rubbish.

Oh, come on, you two - just skip it!