On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:23:54 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:50:03 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , James Wilkinson
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:37:59 +0100, Tim Streater

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In article , James Wilkinson
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:37:29 +0100, Bob Eager
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:25:57 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:31:57 +0100, Bob Eager
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:03:02 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:16:02 +0100, Bob Eager
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:05:16 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

On Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:29:45 UTC+1, James Wilkinson
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A bin is a bin, I did not take you for one of those fusspots
who gets possessive over "their" bin which is identical to
everyone else's and owned by the council anyway.

Not all bins are owned by the council; some councils 'give'
them to residents who then have to pay for replacements in the
event of loss or damage.

And bins are not identical. Some get washed out weekly and
given a spray of Bin-Fresh. Others have six-month-old sludge
and bloodstains accumulating at the bottom.

Round here there are at least three different sizes of bin.
Normally one gets the middle size, but can ask for a small one
if space is tight and the bin isn't used so much.

There are large ones (we have one) which are no longer
available, but still emptied OK (a 'grandfathered' arrangement).

No longer available? Why? We can't get them for free unless
there are 6 people in the house, but I see plenty in the
babymaking streets.
What do people do round your way if they have 4 kids? I can
fill the
medium sized one with just myself and a few pets.

The council response is "Tough. You aren't recycling enough. Your
problem."

Actually I was thinking of the main recycling bin. I wanted a
bigger paper/card/plastic one.

Originally all we could have was the red plastic insert in the
larger blue bin (red for paper and card, blue for cans and plastic).
I thought this was a daft idea and said so.

I discovered that they'd quietly introduced a full size red bin -
just walk into the council depot with the insert, and come out with
a full size bin. I am told you have to pay for them now (I would
have incurred a delivery charge anyway if I'd not collected it).

We are allowed to bale up extra cardboard and leave it next to the
bin, though.

Sounds like you have a very disorganised council.

Not really (Bob and I share the same council). It's quite a good
system IMO.

You have to pay for your bins.

I haven't paid a red cent (or any other colour of cent) for mine.

You have to bundle up cardboard.

Bob said "extra" cardboard. That's cardboard that won't go in the paper
section of the bin. Since when that bin goes out, it goes out with the
garden waste bin. This makes a tight spot for the cardboard to sit
between the two bins. If you have a large item delivered, you have to
break down the waste cardboard packaging anyway. No "bundling" involved.

No, that's not a good system.
Here we have three bins plus a box plus a tub.
5 free things collected regularly.

We have 3 bins and a small tub for food waste. The black bin holds
landfill waste, and here, so much other stuff is recycled that we can
quite often skip a black bin day and so a month passes between
emptyings.

We actually have four (we have the optional red bin, and the green one!)

I've seen some bins coated entirely in a huge sticker with flowers on it.

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