On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:42:42 +0000, Tim W wrote:
Ah - the joys of crap councils...

Having been used to a council that takes anything papery and cardboardy in
the paper bin (even food wrappings), anything plasticky (even food wraps)
in the plastic bin (+ cans) and food waste, including meat, in the garden
bin - I discover the joys of Rother Council:

Little bin 1: Types 1,2 + 3 plastics (most drinks bottles but not many
cartons, eg yoghurt which are mostly Type 6 for me) + cans (but no jar
lids)

Little bin 2: white paper. Literally. No card and even the plastic windows
of envelopes must be removed.

Garden bin: no peelings (WTF?!), definitely no food waste.

And to boot, the random bin is only 180l instead of 240l for a fortnightly
collection.

No local drops for cardboard. Station car park takes glass (good), but the
same paper and plastics as my own bins (the point of that being?...) and no
cardboard...

Rather than fight such pathetic uselessness head on[1], I gave up and got
one of these:

http://www.trashbasher.co.uk/

(No connection etc, can be got cheaper at many places).

Seems to work very well. Being DIY, I should have made my own, but without a
welder or a heavy tube bender, it would be hard to make something so simple
and elegant.

Yes it *looks* like a good idea (though I don't believe the marketing
"advantages" it claims: stop small animals foraging? nah, they can't jump
that high - or open the lid). However, it does look as it puts a lot of strain
on the pivot point: the two plastic handles used to up-end the bin.