On 17/03/2014 10:25, matthelliwell wrote:
On Sunday, 16 March 2014 20:34:53 UTC, GMM wrote:

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

I'm lucky enough to live near a tip with not much in the way of queues, even on a sunny Sunday. However, when I used to live back in the over-crowded southeast, it was often quicker to park in the free car park next to the tip and carry the stuff in, past the lines of queuing cars.

Well, yesterday I could probably have walked to the tip with my waste
and got back to the car without the traffic having moved.

I went there this evening instead and only queued for a bit. The blokey
on the gate was handing out leaflets with explanations of the new green
waste policy. Very informative, if you had just come out of hibernation.

Everyone there was dumping green waste...and complaining.

Stiil, the upside of all this is that it seems to have engendered a
certain community spirit, at least from the look of the gaggle of people
around the green waste skip waiting to empty their bags.

Yet again, a distinct smell of smoke in the air this evening - I suspect
that will be the smell of the summer.