Jake Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 It's bin day today. They only empty one bin each week and this week it's the recycle bin. This morning I noticed the bin still had some space in it, which is unusual for us. So I took the opportunity to get rid of an old ironing board and some left over UPVC from a window I fitted recently. The twats came about an hour ago but they've emptied everyone elses bin and left mine full! Can you not recycle steel and UPVC for some reason? Now I'm supposed to get 4 weeks rubbish for 4 people into one poxy little wheelie bin? Sod that, I'm gonna load it all in the Landrover and dump it on the council steps. Bunch of C*/\/TS [/rant] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I'm gonna load it all in the Landrover and dump it on the council steps. Bunch of C*/\/TS [/rant] do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3DG3CKO ROB Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Errr isn't that what the tip is for? Our recycling bins are fairly strict too. Plastic, Tins, Newspapers etc but they don't recycle glass cos it has to be sorted by hand... basically anything with a recycling symbol on it... How on earth did you fit a ironing board in a wheelie bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Did they also move the bin into the middle of your driveway to annoy you? I love that on bin day, you leave it at the side so you can get in and out only to have the dumbass stinky freaks decide that a car parked in the middle of the road while you move the damn thing is far more sensible than them wheeling it for less distance and leaving it at the edge of the drive where they got it from. I hate them. PS: I can only recycle glass and paper in my green bin I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Feckin binmen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Our green bin is for 'garden refuse only' ie twigs, grass etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 i put all sorts in my bin, they earn there money round here i can tell you. ask the bubble inn attendees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 It's getting a bit silly now I think, especially as they're now weighing the bins, to get a database built up of the biggest waste makers in the country - only a matter of time before they charge per kg for removal as well. I would just remove all trace of my address or ID, and dump it on the local council's front door at night in a de-plated car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt _Aero top_ Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 What the feck do we pay our council tax for ??? It really pisses me off !!! just go and dump it somewhere either way the council will have to come clear it up so they should have emptyed ya bin first time round and it will serve em right . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 How on earth did you fit a ironing board in a wheelie bin I cut it up with an angle grinder. Only took a couple of mins. i put allsorts in my bin I didn't know they could recycle licorice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 i put allsorts in my bin, they earn there money round here i can tell you. ask the bubble inn atendees dont start Chris off again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I didn't know they could recycle licorice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3DG3CKO ROB Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 They've chipped all the bins so they can tell whose chucking how much... I don't have that much of a problem with it really, I just recycle more stuff than I throw away now, guess that's the idea... If we over-fill our bins 3 times in a row they send you a disciplinary letter and if you ignore it again they just stop collecting your rubbish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt _Aero top_ Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Rob - Green bin ?? how long you had them for ?? i've only got the black and blue ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Our green bin is for 'garden refuse only' ie twigs, grass etc We have to ask for a brown one for that kind of thing, I just chuck the grass in the main one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3DG3CKO ROB Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yeah, our green bin came in very usefull when I cut a couple of trees down in our garden... the thing was constantly full of four foot logs for about two months Saved me going to the tip tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 What's funnier - the joke or the spelling? [edit] - I take it back. Seems you can spell it both ways?! Liquorice & Licorice, although Basset spell it "Liquorice" My greenbin doesn't get used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 It annoys me that we have to alternate weeks between recycling and 'normal' rubbish but then they won't take anything in the recycling one. No wonder there was a fly plague in Pompey over the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 What's funnier - the joke or the spelling? [edit] - I take it back. Seems you can spell it both ways? Liquorice & Licorice, although Basset spell it "Liquorice" My greenbin doesn't get used. problem, where ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 It is more than annoying that we pay for the things to be collected and they now bitch about what we are disposing of. We have a 8 month old and she is producing some horrid nappies, that with 2 weeks of old food and the hot weather has attracted insects by the bucket full. And dont get me started on how badly the bin smells. Without question its a health risk but our goverment cant put a plan in place to correct it. Imagine what it would be like if we lived somewhere that was hot all the time, the bins could become a life form on their own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3DG3CKO ROB Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Countries like Sweden have been doing this for decades - I don't know how they manage it... It's illegal out there to throw recyclable waste into the main house rubbish... Question is would we really rather have a smaller bin collected more frequently??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Our bin is only for paper and card I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Now I'm supposed to get 4 weeks rubbish for 4 people into one poxy little wheelie bin? Sod that, I'm gonna load it all in the Landrover and dump it on the council steps. Sounds like a regular event in Hampshire. The Hampshire council are quite keen to take the money but the service that they provide is SHIT!! Jake m8, this has happened to us on several occasions. I can remember as a kid when the bin-men used to come around the back of the house and lift the old metal 'backbreaking' bins to their truck. Time shave changed eh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yeah they do that to us too. Tried complaining about the health risk and even sent them some delightful maggot photos but they don't want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeT Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 i had the same thing when i put a microwave in the green bin, they wouldn't empty it. What's wrong with these people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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