On 16/03/2014 11:26, mogga wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:18:42 +0000, news
wrote:


The bin men round here are a contrary lot. Being away quite a bit I
generate very little general waste (perhaps 1 or 2 carrier bags worth)
and to prevent food waste going rancid usually put the bin out
containing these one or 2 carrier bags. One day I was at home and
observed the operatives lift the lid of my bin, extract the bags and
throw them in the lorry. So next time having only 1 carrier bag of
waste to save carting the whole bin out and back I put the one bag out
at the roadside - that's clearly not good enough - it got left behind.
Severely tempted now to not bother bagging it up and just throw it loose
in the bin.

Ours were a day late this week. People have started cutting hedges and
lawns so it took them a lot longer than the normal winter run.

One of our green binnies pulls a wheelie bin round and empties the
food waste bins into it and moves on.
That only works when it's almost all little bins - which is is outside
of hedge cutting time.


Well, I made a big effort this weekend to get everything I could, from
the winter's accumulation, into the two green wheelie bins we have paid
for, by putting everything through the shredder, which made a huge
difference for some types of waste. I still wound up with a few bags,
so I thought I'd nip round to the tip with them. 45 minutes of queuing
later, the only movement was due to cars pulling out of the queue and
turning around. All the other cars I could see were stacked with green
bags. I pulled out and turned around as I couldn't spend the whole day
waiting just to dump a few bags.

I'm guessing quite a few people had the same problem, as there's a
distinct tang of bonfire smell in the air tonight. The whole saga is
starting to shape up as predicted. I can't really sympathise with
people who are too tight to shell out 30 quid for a green bin
(presumably there are concessions) but it's hard to see how clogging the
roads with people queuing for the tip and filling the air with smoke is
a big leap forward.

I've a feeling I'm going to become well versed in bonfire technology
this summer!