I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

What do the rest of you do?

This was my waste, it came from a flat belonging to my wife who pays the
local council tax.

I have made local enquiries and the options seem to be as follows....
rent a skip, hire a licensed waste haulier, take it to a waste transfer
station (where you must have an account and arrive in a suitable
vehicle).

Skips and flats are tricky, waste hauliers expensive and I don't think
my ancient Hi-Lux is considered suitable for anything.

regards
--
Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the
complete kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be
commercial/construction waste and should properly go elsewhere.

PITA. I can't take rubbish to the tip in my van even though its private
waste. Have to make several trips in SWMBO's Corsa then vac it out
afterwards so she won't moan at me.


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

Similar troubles to you in West Norfolk.

The council waste site will accept one bin bag a week.

However they have a deal with a private contractor for bulk domestic
waste - 10 quid a car-full, 13 for camper vans etc. Now my only
vehicle is a VW Transporter van (oh and a motorbike) - my van fits
none of the boxes on the form - even though my waste is domestic,
can't come in.

My best option is to drive over into cambridgeshire.

In article ,
Tim Lamb writes:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

What do the rest of you do?

Bloke next door has been burning his in his back garden.

When I ripped one out about 6 years ago, I re-flat-packed
it into the wheelie bin over about 10 weeks, except some
of the units which got refitted in the garage.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
...
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

We had that when we took a duplicator to the tip in a car.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

What do the rest of you do?

Spouse argued with the operator and eventually was allowed to dump it. We
didn't want to but nobody wants them any more :-(

Mary

Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

I feel your pain. We took our old mattress to the local tip - they now
have a 5' 9" barrier about 30 yards from the dumping area, and car +
mattress on roof rack was not going under it.

Went in to ask nicely if they could open the barrier for us - no chance,
barrier is open friday and saturday mornings only. OK, no problem, we'll
take it off the car and carry it in - no mate, not allowed, health and
safety. So what the f*** are we supposed to do with it then? Either take
it home and bring it back on friday or saturday, or take it off the roof
rack, drive under the barrier, put it back on the roof rack and drive
into the tip.

Well stuff that, we'll carry it into the tip and if they don't like it,
tough. Didn't get the expected b******ing though - they were too busy
with a waste lorry which had just come into the tip. How did they get
waste lorry into the tip? They opened the barrier.

And....breathe.

--
Cut along the dotted line to reply

Chris wrote:
Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the
complete kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be
commercial/construction waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a
concession was agreed.

I feel your pain. We took our old mattress to the local tip - they now
have a 5' 9" barrier about 30 yards from the dumping area, and car +
mattress on roof rack was not going under it.

I took a fairly large quantity of glass wine, beer & scotch bottles the
other week. I'd like to claim we had a party, but we just like a drink.

Anywho, there was a large container with holes in the sides. one side marked
'green' and tother side 'brown'. After a few minutes deciding if each
bottle was greenish brown or brownish green I peeped inside - no dividing
wall - all the bottles ended up in the same bloody container.

I mentioned this to a high vis clad attendant - who just laughed.


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
...
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

What do the rest of you do?..

A skip or a mini-skip, depending on the amount of waste. It is simple, can
usually be put where I don't have to carry stuff far and someone else takes
it all away at the end.

Colin Bignell

Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

What do the rest of you do?

This was my waste, it came from a flat belonging to my wife who pays the
local council tax.

I have made local enquiries and the options seem to be as follows....
rent a skip, hire a licensed waste haulier, take it to a waste transfer
station (where you must have an account and arrive in a suitable vehicle).

Skips and flats are tricky, waste hauliers expensive and I don't think
my ancient Hi-Lux is considered suitable for anything.

regards
take it in small bits to the nearest three council skips.

"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
...
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

What do the rest of you do?

Freecycle?

Tim

In message , The Natural
Philosopher writes
Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the
complete kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be
commercial/construction waste and should properly go elsewhere.

take it in small bits to the nearest three council skips.

Yes.

Seems a bit counter productive. I have serious doubts about the glue
holding bits of government thinking together.

Thanks for the comments. It would appear there is a commercial opening
for a waste transfer station dealing directly with disgruntled DIYers.

regards

--
Tim Lamb

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

old kitchens

When I ripped one out about 6 years ago, I re-flat-packed
it into the wheelie bin over about 10 weeks, except some
of the units which got refitted in the garage.

A friend of mine reduced a Hillman Imp to small pieces and gradually
disposed of the car by way of his dustbin over the course of a year.
--

Dave

"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
...
In message , The Natural
Philosopher writes
Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

take it in small bits to the nearest three council skips.

Yes.

Seems a bit counter productive. I have serious doubts about the glue
holding bits of government thinking together.

I have no doubts.

Mary

On 29 May 2007 20:06:57 GMT someone who may be
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote this:-

I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

Bloke next door has been burning his in his back garden.

Assuming planning permission is granted, in a few years time such
unrecyclable wood products will be taken from council waste sites
to be burnt, along with sewage sludge, to produce electricity.

That is in God's country, north of the Firth of Forth. South of the
firth people will probably have the same problems as people have
reported here.



--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember David Hansen
saying something like:

Assuming planning permission is granted, in a few years time such
unrecyclable wood products will be taken from council waste sites
to be burnt, along with sewage sludge, to produce electricity.

That is in God's country, north of the Firth of Forth.

Burning **** might be cheaper than burning coal.
--

Dave

In message , Huge
writes
On 2007-05-29, Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

After further polite discussion (I'm much bigger than him) a concession
was agreed.

What do the rest of you do?

Favourite round here seems to be to dump it in a local field.

I burned the old kitchen.

The old bathroom tiles I drip-fed into the wheely bin over a few weeks.

Yet another example of the State collecting the taxes and then not
providing the service.

There must be a third way???

I can see combustibles being used for power generation but plastic faced
chipboard is going to need sophisticated flue gas clean-up.

None of my fields have gates accessible to the public (or me:-()

I think the error is in government using financial controls to bully
local authority re-cycling measures.

regards



--
Tim Lamb

On May 29, 7:50 pm, Tim Lamb wrote:
I suppose it had to happen but I was still a bit surprised when the
operative at our local waste site politely informed me that the complete
kitchen in my pick up truck was considered to be commercial/construction
waste and should properly go elsewhere.

No trouble here in Swindon.

We've been remodelling our whole house (every room) and I've been down
to the refuse site half a dozen times in my long wheelbase LDV400 van
completely full to the roof of building materials. They never batted
an eyelid.

The van was a bargainous purchase off eBay. £190 (less than the cost
of two skips) and it cost £3.85 to get through its MOT - rear nearside
shock absorber bush!

Steve

On May 30, 12:34 am, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

old kitchens

When I ripped one out about 6 years ago, I re-flat-packed
it into the wheelie bin over about 10 weeks, except some
of the units which got refitted in the garage.

A friend of mine reduced aHillmanImpto small pieces and gradually
disposed of the car by way of his dustbin over the course of a year.
--

Dave

Yoyre friend should have gone in the wheely bin instead!!!

what a waste of an imp!

Richie

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember saying
something like:

A friend of mine reduced aHillmanImpto small pieces and gradually
disposed of the car by way of his dustbin over the course of a year.

snip sigs, nutball

Yoyre friend should have gone in the wheely bin instead!!!

Was a dustbin, you clot.

what a waste of an imp!

**** little cars, only fit for the bin.
--

Dave

On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:24:16 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember saying
something like:

A friend of mine reduced aHillmanImpto small pieces and gradually
disposed of the car by way of his dustbin over the course of a year.

snip sigs, nutball

Yoyre friend should have gone in the wheely bin instead!!!

Was a dustbin, you clot.

what a waste of an imp!

**** little cars, only fit for the bin.

My first "own" car was a Hillman Imp (TGR763K). It was great fun.

Did you own one?

--
Frank Erskine

In message , Frank Erskine
writes

what a waste of an imp!

**** little cars, only fit for the bin.

My first "own" car was a Hillman Imp (TGR763K). It was great fun.

Did you own one?

My mother had a Singer Chamois.

OK until the garage failed to re-tighten the cam cover bolts and the
inclined block pumped out all the oil.

Nice light engine to work on though.

regards


--
Tim Lamb

In article ,
Tim Lamb wrote:

My mother had a Singer Chamois. OK until the garage failed to
re-tighten the cam cover bolts and the inclined block pumped out
all the oil.

I had a Hillman Imp. Fanbelt/water-pump troubles
and permanent oil leaks from the transaxle unit.

--
Tony Williams.

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:36:27 UTC, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Frank Erskine
writes

what a waste of an imp!

**** little cars, only fit for the bin.

My first "own" car was a Hillman Imp (TGR763K). It was great fun.

Did you own one?

My mother had a Singer Chamois.

OK until the garage failed to re-tighten the cam cover bolts and the
inclined block pumped out all the oil.

Nice light engine to work on though.

One of those cars where novice petrol pump attendants could do a lot of
damage. One of my colleagues got petrol overflowing out of the filler,
which she found 'in the boot'.

The oil filler, that is...for those who don't know the car.

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