How much extra rubbish can you put out for the binmen...

[Xanadu]

I'm rather embarassed at the amount of waste we produce.

 

[Melinda]

I'm rather embarassed at the amount of waste we produce.

Is that a global 'we' or a confession about you and your flatmates?

 

[Xanadu]

My family. It's probably not a lot compared to others, but it's still too much.

 

[Melinda]

Well try a family that doesnt throw ANYTHING away. Hoarding- just in case. Old/ redundant eletrical equipment, bags of old screws and batteries, empty jars, old pans, carpet offcuts. Enough clothes to stock 5 stores. All- just in case or to send 'back home.'

 

[Xanadu]

Well try a family that doesnt throw ANYTHING away. Hoarding- just in case. Old/ redundant eletrical equipment, bags of old screws and batteries, empty jars, old pans, carpet offcuts. Enough clothes to stock 5 stores. All- just in case or to send 'back home.'

We hoard too.

My mum is anti-hoarding, but my dad loves it. We're not as bad as we used to be, but we keep so much junk.

 

[butterfly child]

This may sound like a daft question, but never lived anywhere with wheelie bins before...

Do we need to put the recyclable stuff IN anything, or do we just put it loose in the wheelie bin?

 

[Melinda]

Round here, we put recyclables directly green recyling wheelie bin. They supposedly sort it themselves. Regular rubbish goes in a black wheelie bin.

That said, this morning I noticed the bin men emptied the green and black bins into the same bin lorry. Whats the point of recycling?

Im almost tempted to call and complain to get the rude scrote in trouble.

 

[moose]

This may sound like a daft question, but never lived anywhere with wheelie bins before...

Do we need to put the recyclable stuff IN anything, or do we just put it loose in the wheelie bin?

Do they not give you something to put it in? We have a green bin for garden waste, a green box with a lid for cans and glass (which the binman has to sort at he chucks it into the collection truck), a white bag for paper, a cloth sack for cardboard, a large carrier bag thing for textiles, and a black bin for everything else.

 

[Melinda]

Do they not give you something to put it in? We have a green bin for garden waste, a green box with a lid for cans and glass (which the binman has to sort at he chucks it into the collection truck), a white bag for paper, a cloth sack for cardboard, a large carrier bag thing for textiles, and a black bin for everything else.

Where do you live?!

 

[longdog]

I notified the Housing Office that there was a wheelie bin outside one of the neighbouring flats that was full of broken glass about two months ago.

Have they done anything about it? Have they bollocks.

Hull CC's attitude is if it doesn't fit in the bin you have to take it to the tip. How are you supposed to do that if you don't have a fucking car?

No wonder there's so much fly tipping.

 

[moomoo]

Our council are bloody useless anyway!

Our rubbish and recycling are collected on alternate weeks but as my husband was poorly and I had lots of extra rubbish created by his medical needs, they used to collect my bin weekly.

I rang them when he died to say they could go back to fortnightly collections but they are still collecting every week.

Unfortunately, they have to somehow get the bin over the front wall when it's not the normal day as I don't put it out and my car blocks the gate and I keep 'just missing' them to tell them. (Insert 'devil' smiley here).

 

[soulman]

Well they refused to take even an extra bag, even when I smiled and asked politely. One was quite offensive about it actually, which I taken aback by, so I didnt offer any extra cash. The driver offerred to wait while they did it, but the rude one refused a second time. The driver rolled his eyes at him and half grinned/ shrugged at me.

All of which made me chuckle inwardly as I had stuck 6 bags in bins down the street at 1.30am last night! So ha! to the rude guy!! *victorious chuckle!*
I only have 2 bin bags left (the ones they refused to take) and they will fit in the bin for next week.

So you did it hehehe. The phantom bin filler strikes again

 

[butterfly child]

Do they not give you something to put it in? We have a green bin for garden waste, a green box with a lid for cans and glass (which the binman has to sort at he chucks it into the collection truck), a white bag for paper, a cloth sack for cardboard, a large carrier bag thing for textiles, and a black bin for everything else.

They've given us two bins - light green for recycling, dark green for rubbish. I saw one of the neighbours earlier, she's just putting the recycling stuff loose in the bin, so I guess that's what I'll do.

Must get my wormery up and running again, and mebbe start a compost heap.

 

[og ogilby]

If the planet can deal with my turds I reckon it's more than well equiped to deal with the rest of the stuff I get rid of.

 

[Melinda]

So you did it hehehe. The phantom bin filler strikes again

Ive been ashamed all day Especially after pontificating on the sanctity of skip security a few months ago. Today I just kept thinking, what if I had been caught! In pajamas, with a hoodie on and wearing slippers. I is the selfish and the bad.

Although that feeling did lessen when the head bin bloke was a dick to me.