weekly bin collections

[dangerousdave]

apparantly during the impending economic crisis the government thinking restoring weekly bin collections is a priority... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15118516

what's everyones take on this? i thought the scheme in stafford seemed to work alright?

 

[henryscat]

apparantly during the impending economic crisis the government thinking restoring weekly bin collections is a priority... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15118516

what's everyones take on this? i thought the scheme in stafford seemed to work alright?

Yep, it works fine as it is, I don't get the obsession with weekly rubbish collections. Arguably we have weekly collections anyway, it's just a different bin is collected each week.

 

[United57]

Was it not one of their pledges. It resonates with angry of Tunbridge. I wish they would increse the brown bin to weekly in the Autumn. I'm noty sure we need it January and Feb. I'm constantly clearing leaves. I could leave them for the council but never do it. Some authorities drop off skips for extra garden waste.

I also believe that some areas should not have bins but communal rubbish and recycling areas. Its obvious some terrace houses do not have a suitable area for bins.

So when they decided on wheelie bins did they ever consider the practicalities for some homes, did they consider disabled people, the elderly, probably not they chose the middle ground!

 

[Withnail]

i thought the scheme in stafford seemed to work alright?

It is indeed the very least of my concerns - works fine chez moi.

 

[flossietoo]

We are on the furthest limit of Stafford Borough Council's reach. Cough and you are in Telford & Wrekin. Our home is on the market at the moment and the bin collection is actually a significant selling-point for people out of the area. Most of them have got heartily sick of having to put out lots of different bags and boxes filled with carefully separated waste. For large parts of the week, their roads look a total mess, while their homes are full of various receptacles to hold the designated piles of rubbish. Our blue bin is an object of considerable desire!
Personally, I think the current system is brilliant. We could easily go three weeks between emptying the green bin. We have a big divided bin under the worktop in the kitchen and when that needs emptying, it's simple to just decant each portion into blue or green. It was just a matter of training my husband to think for a second before bunging anything into the kitchen bin. We make our own compost so I don't use the brown bin at all - that holds kindling for the fire.

 

[Neon Jay]

Possibly increase just the recycling / garden collections then? Would encourage more recycling I feel...

 

[flossietoo]

Possibly increase just the recycling / garden collections then? Would encourage more recycling I feel...

I agree with that - I have, on occasion, had to place a piece of board on the top of the contents of my blue bin and stand on it in an attempt to crush things sufficiently to cram a bit more in. Given the number of glass wine bottles in there (ahem...) this is clearly not the safest of techniques. We do have a can-crusher thing but it is too much of a faff to use it and leaves a drippy mess on the floor.
Another thing which is a faff but which is BRILLIANT, though, is the newspaper fire brick-maker. You soak your newspapers in a big bucket of water, then tear up the sodden mess, fill the brick-maker and press the lever. It produces thick bricks which you have to dry for ages. Once dry, they make amazing fire-starters and will burn for up to an hour, depending on how well you have torn up the paper.

 

[shoes]

Current system is fine IMO, we're never overrun with rubbish etc. and there really is no money in the pot for such ideas.

 

[Gadget]

I'm afraid i am going to disagree My household creates that much waste i could dearly do with Both sets of bins collecting every week. My recycling bins are always full to overflowing, we are trying to reduce this as we have bought a soda stream to replace the bottles of fizzy water/hubby's soft drinks. This will help i hope but a few parcels delivered and thats my bin fill again I sick of having to ration what i put in the bin or keep hanging around because if i put that paticular bag in the bloody thing is full and i'm stuffed for a fortnight. It would make the housing woman happy too as i'd have no black bags hanging around 'waiting their turn'. If i had transport this wouldn't be an issue as i could just stick it in my car and hop off to a recycling center or the tip. I don't so i have to wait for the bin men or my dad to take pity on us and do us a run. Some recycle bins at the silkmore coop would help too. I'm happy to cart some recycling around there but i'm not humping bags of it all the way up to risingbrook.
Hell i would be happy if they just threw a couple of extra collections in a month. Or they could just let me have another 2 bins, one recycling the other just a waste bin. I've gotten 2 blue already thats the limit. I need to fill out the form for a bigger green one but i've seen it and i could fill that easily too Before anybody asks i've tried the waste food bins bokashi thingies, they don't work very well and also means i have them around the house and garden which also sends the housing into paroxims of horror.
All in all i'm drowning in rubbish despite my efforts to reduce the waste. By the way does anyone know why we don't have large item collections around here, the free ones that is?
G x

 

[flossietoo]

I'm afraid i am going to disagree My household creates that much waste i could dearly do with Both sets of bins collecting every week. My recycling bins are always full to overflowing, we are trying to reduce this as we have bought a soda stream to replace the bottles of fizzy water/hubby's soft drinks. This will help i hope but a few parcels delivered and thats my bin fill again I sick of having to ration what i put in the bin or keep hanging around because if i put that paticular bag in the bloody thing is full and i'm stuffed for a fortnight. It would make the housing woman happy too as i'd have no black bags hanging around 'waiting their turn'. If i had transport this wouldn't be an issue as i could just stick it in my car and hop off to a recycling center or the tip. I don't so i have to wait for the bin men or my dad to take pity on us and do us a run. Some recycle bins at the silkmore coop would help too. I'm happy to cart some recycling around there but i'm not humping bags of it all the way up to risingbrook.
Hell i would be happy if they just threw a couple of extra collections in a month. Or they could just let me have another 2 bins, one recycling the other just a waste bin. I've gotten 2 blue already thats the limit. I need to fill out the form for a bigger green one but i've seen it and i could fill that easily too Before anybody asks i've tried the waste food bins bokashi thingies, they don't work very well and also means i have them around the house and garden which also sends the housing into paroxims of horror.
All in all i'm drowning in rubbish despite my efforts to reduce the waste. By the way does anyone know why we don't have large item collections around here, the free ones that is?
G x

You've got two blue ones? Is that just something we can request?

 

[shoes]

I'm afraid i am going to disagree My household creates that much waste i could dearly do with Both sets of bins collecting every week. My recycling bins are always full to overflowing, we are trying to reduce this as we have bought a soda stream to replace the bottles of fizzy water/hubby's soft drinks. This will help i hope but a few parcels delivered and thats my bin fill again I sick of having to ration what i put in the bin or keep hanging around because if i put that paticular bag in the bloody thing is full and i'm stuffed for a fortnight. It would make the housing woman happy too as i'd have no black bags hanging around 'waiting their turn'. If i had transport this wouldn't be an issue as i could just stick it in my car and hop off to a recycling center or the tip. I don't so i have to wait for the bin men or my dad to take pity on us and do us a run. Some recycle bins at the silkmore coop would help too. I'm happy to cart some recycling around there but i'm not humping bags of it all the way up to risingbrook.
Hell i would be happy if they just threw a couple of extra collections in a month. Or they could just let me have another 2 bins, one recycling the other just a waste bin. I've gotten 2 blue already thats the limit. I need to fill out the form for a bigger green one but i've seen it and i could fill that easily too Before anybody asks i've tried the waste food bins bokashi thingies, they don't work very well and also means i have them around the house and garden which also sends the housing into paroxims of horror.
All in all i'm drowning in rubbish despite my efforts to reduce the waste. By the way does anyone know why we don't have large item collections around here, the free ones that is?
G x

You must have a massive family to fill two bins a week!

 

[dangerousdave]

You've got two blue ones? Is that just something we can request?

as far as i'm aware you can request an extra blue in at no extra cost if you are struggling with just the one. And Shoes, if you are having difficulties filling in the form to get an extra or bigger green bin I'd suggest getting in touch with the waste management team at the borough council, I've worked with them in the past and they are very helpful

 

[My Name is URL]

There is no reason whatsoever that anyone should need their green bin emptying more than once every two weeks. If it does then you are doing something wrong. Ok there are only two of us in our household but we can usually go 2 months without emptying the green bin.

My slight gripe is the recycling bin can't fit that much in. Are you allowed to leave your blue box alongside the blue bin for collection rather than in it as this would give me some more space? My concern is all the paper blowing off down the street.

 

[flossietoo]

There is no reason whatsoever that anyone should need their green bin emptying more than once every two weeks. If it does then you are doing something wrong. Ok there are only two of us in our household but we can usually go 2 months without emptying the green bin.

My slight gripe is the recycling bin can't fit that much in. Are you allowed to leave your blue box alongside the blue bin for collection rather than in it as this would give me some more space? My concern is all the paper blowing off down the street.

Hi, you are definitely not allowed to leave the paper box outside the bin. I don't know why but I do know that you aren't! On a more positive note, though, good news from Dangerous Dave that we can ask for another blue bin. As long as your household has room for an extra bin, that could be the perfect solution. I appreciate that it's not ideal in some settings - I always feel sorry for the people who live on the road fronting the railway line as their forecourts seem to be virtually filled with bins.

 

[Goldilox]

There is no reason whatsoever that anyone should need their green bin emptying more than once every two weeks. If it does then you are doing something wrong. Ok there are only two of us in our household but we can usually go 2 months without emptying the green bin.

My slight gripe is the recycling bin can't fit that much in. Are you allowed to leave your blue box alongside the blue bin for collection rather than in it as this would give me some more space? My concern is all the paper blowing off down the street.

We only ever seem to manage one black bag a fortnight for our green bin. My only issue with the blue one is when I buy something that comes in a big cardboard box, that fills it on its own.

 

[flossietoo]

There is no reason whatsoever that anyone should need their green bin emptying more than once every two weeks. If it does then you are doing something wrong. Ok there are only two of us in our household but we can usually go 2 months without emptying the green bin.

My slight gripe is the recycling bin can't fit that much in. Are you allowed to leave your blue box alongside the blue bin for collection rather than in it as this would give me some more space? My concern is all the paper blowing off down the street.

We only ever seem to manage one black bag a fortnight for our green bin. My only issue with the blue one is when I buy something that comes in a big cardboard box, that fills it on its own.

Do you grow vegetables?
If so, dig a deep trench now where you want to put next year's runner beans. Over the winter, line the trench with some of the bigger cardboard boxes that won't fit in your bin (flattened, obviously). When it comes to planting the beans, the cardboard will help retain water.

 

[shoes]

There is no reason whatsoever that anyone should need their green bin emptying more than once every two weeks. If it does then you are doing something wrong. Ok there are only two of us in our household but we can usually go 2 months without emptying the green bin.

My slight gripe is the recycling bin can't fit that much in. Are you allowed to leave your blue box alongside the blue bin for collection rather than in it as this would give me some more space? My concern is all the paper blowing off down the street.

Hi, you are definitely not allowed to leave the paper box outside the bin. I don't know why but I do know that you aren't! On a more positive note, though, good news from Dangerous Dave that we can ask for another blue bin. As long as your household has room for an extra bin, that could be the perfect solution. I appreciate that it's not ideal in some settings - I always feel sorry for the people who live on the road fronting the railway line as their forecourts seem to be virtually filled with bins.

Presumably you pay more council tax for this service, else everyone would have half a dozen bins on their drive? Or is it the case that bins are carte blanche?

 

[zebidee]

We fill our green bin and blue bin regularly, it's probably take-aways and pop bottles that does it, but when young z was in nappies it was worst. I'd vote for more collections in summer time to reduce the amount of stink and extras around christmas cos there's never enough.

 

[shoes]

How does this work, can you just request another bin? Would Neon Jay be recyclable material do you think? I need to dispose of him and frankly with two weeks worth of rubbish/recycling I can't see how i'm going to get him in.

 

[basil]

Not used my green bin since christmas however my blue bin more than makes up for this .......