Re: recycling

The powers that be obviously give little thought to people who have limited space, or older people for whom lugging heavy bins might be a problem .... sigh ..... big sigh

Re: recycling

Well, I am told that if I ring our local Council and tell them that I can't manage the bins myself, they would be collected from their storage point. Problem with that is they will collect them, but will they return them? That is the question.

My bins are already at the front of my house, down the side of the hedge so I can do no more than that but, when I get home from work, I'll guarantee that I have to get out of my car, on the wrong side of the road, to move the bins because they've put it smack dab in the middle of where I park my car. We can't win!

Re: recycling

Just have enough room in back garden Meg for 2 bins, 1 bin lives in the garage along with the box-it's like playing draughts with them on bin days

Mollie, here if they collect bins from those who can't manage to put them out, they also have to put them back. My friend's neighbour cannot manage to put her bins out and the binmen always take them and put them back. Would have though it would be the same where you are, although every Council seems to work differently.

Re: recycling

It is so strange that we are in the same country and yet there are such differences from town to town.
Ours are
Blue - recycling
brown - garden waste
green - general rubbish
small green - food waste

Re: recycling

I have 5 bins.

Black for general waste

Green for garden waste and cardboard

3 green boxes for paper, plastic & cans and bottles and glass.

Re: recycling

Crickey Val, do they pay you wages for doing their work for them?

Re: recycling

Sadly no

Re: recycling

We seem to be the only people to have to pay to have garden waste removed @ £65 a year (I take mine 5 miles to the tip except grass which goes in the compost ).

Re: recycling

midsuffolk has a black bin for landfill, a green for recycle and bags for the garden are £1 each but we have to go to needham market to get them about 5 miles I think

Re: recycling

Well the council have just knocked that idea on the head. Goes up to another flippin' committee to decide what to do now. At the same time they have decided to fine any resident that puts garden waste in their black bin. So those people without a car to take it to the tip are well and truly stuck. They're saying they are going to burn it. That'll help the environment won't it but they haven't much choice.