On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:22:01 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:24:42 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:37:29 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:25:57 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:31:57 +0100, Bob Eager
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:03:02 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:16:02 +0100, Bob Eager
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:05:16 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

On Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:29:45 UTC+1, James Wilkinson wrote:
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 disorganised. Just one that doesn't tell its customers anything that
might cost the council more money.

So it's better for them to pick up bales of cardboard than empty a bin? I thought the idea of wheelybins were they saved effort/time/wages.

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