On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:12:54 +0100, Bob Eager wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:59:46 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:

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
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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 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.

Read it again. EXTRA cardboard. If the bin for cardboard is full.

Doesn't happen if you have an entire bin to take it instead of a little red insert. Why did they make an insert for the thing that's likely to be largest?

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