Bins

Post by **wangi** » 11 Jan 2005, 19:57

I wonder - did I miss something, or is the fact that my wheely bin is still on the pavement chock-full of 3 weeks rubbish down to a cooncil cockup?

Hmm.

dccairns · Post by **dccairns** » 11 Jan 2005, 20:53

What I read in the Evening News last week was that they are not emptying them in this windy weather in case they blow away! Could be in for a long wait...

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 11 Jan 2005, 21:38

Well, they were out emptying the bins in Bellfield Lane earlier today, wind or no wind!
For what it's worth Wangi last week they were being collected a day later than normal - just the seasonal backlog I'd suspect.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 12 Jan 2005, 00:09

The not-emptying-because-of-wind (

)was just for communal bins, but there have been wildcat strikes or something - well, one, at least, which for some reason has screwed up the whole system. I must say I've never lived anywhere where a council has been so totally inept at dealing with refuse! Ours weren't emptied when they should have been after Christmas, then were emptied last week, and haven't been today.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 12 Jan 2005, 01:18

Were they on the North Bridge or was that Patrick Thomson's?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 12 Jan 2005, 01:22

I wrote to the council last year about it and they quite litterally refused to answer. I ended up down in the dumps.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 12 Jan 2005, 10:18

You could even say it was a waste of time .....

Post by **wangi** » 12 Jan 2005, 11:30

Well didn't bother putting it out again this morning - there were enough bins sprawled along the pavement with their contents caupt already!

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 12 Jan 2005, 12:29

So it won't have been picked up when they went by then?

Post by **wangi** » 12 Jan 2005, 13:30

Ah well, the bins on the prom will be getting filled up this week then!

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 12 Jan 2005, 13:46

Porty wrote:I wrote to the council last year about it and they quite litterally refused to answer. I ended up down in the dumps.

Rubbish!

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 12 Jan 2005, 13:47

........ but I've just phoned for a special uplift and was somewhat taken aback to find they could do it on Monday!! It's usually a week ahead. Odd.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 12 Jan 2005, 14:49

Poppy wrote:........ but I've just phoned for a special uplift and was somewhat taken aback to find they could do it on Monday!! It's usually a week ahead. Odd.

So compared to the rest of us you appear to be having an uplifting experience..

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 12 Jan 2005, 16:01

... but our bins in Pittville Street were not emptied yesterday - although we did get 'done' after Christmas and after New Year.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » 12 Jan 2005, 16:21

Poppy wrote:... but our bins in Pittville Street were not emptied yesterday - although we did get 'done' after Christmas and after New Year.

Now weren't you the lucky one Poppy

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 12 Jan 2005, 16:35

Watch it, Lizzie!!

That sort of comment is ECM's province!!

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » 12 Jan 2005, 16:37

Poppy wrote:........ but I've just phoned for a special uplift and was somewhat taken aback to find they could do it on Monday!! It's usually a week ahead. Odd.

Yep thats usually right Poppy, but haven't I just said you were the lucky one

One time we even had to wait up to 3 weeks for a special uplift.

A word of warning to you, make sure whatever it is you are getting rid off (Hope its not EL P

) is definitely right on the pavement, we dared to put our couch for uplift approximately a foot from the pavement and they refused to take it away

, apparently the bin men were not capable of taking the two steps further to pick it up

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 12 Jan 2005, 16:40

Not El P!! Thanks for warning, but have had a special uplift before at this address and it worked OK so will use exactly the same spot! It's tricky though as the pavement is very narrow in places and it's a double bed I'm ditching!!

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 12 Jan 2005, 17:10

I do not know what you lot are on about. The nice men from the Council emptied my bins this morning.

Hell's Cat · Post by **Hell's Cat** » 12 Jan 2005, 18:25

I think its about time you all dumped this thread it's garbage

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 12 Jan 2005, 19:59

Pal of Porty wrote:I do not know what you lot are on about. The nice men from the Council emptied my bins this morning.

Mine too. But they should have done it yesterday. There'll be no christmas tip for them... D'oh.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 12 Jan 2005, 20:16

Well, don't know if ours was full or not (not really into bin inspection!) but it was lying all dead looking in the road this morning. Some kind person must have picked it up though coz it was okay when I got home

(this sounds like the kind of totally uninteresting nonsense that old women write into the Evening News

)

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 12 Jan 2005, 22:45

My wheelie bin has been in the street since last Wednesday complete with Christmas Tree which I have now retrieved from other people's gardens and driveways about 5 times. Not even sure if its my tree

Wednesday has now come and gone again and still no sign of the bin-men

What is going on, its the 12th of the month...surely they should have caught up by now

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 12 Jan 2005, 22:56

Epykat wrote:Well, don't know if ours was full or not (not really into bin inspection!) but it was lying all dead looking in the road this morning. Some kind person must have picked it up though coz it was okay when I got home
(this sounds like the kind of totally uninteresting nonsense that old women write into the Evening News )

That's an interesting thought about bins. Have you ever thought of writing to the Evening News?

Post by **wangi** » 13 Jan 2005, 00:11

It's honestly more news worthy than most articles in The Metro (that is rubbish).

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 13 Jan 2005, 18:02

Oh no, I love the Metro (which is strange considering I walk to work - I borrow somebody else's!) I think it's just so full of inane junk that it's light relief from other more serious things

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 13 Jan 2005, 18:20

Back to the thread, here's a copy of Maureen Child's email on the subject:

Dear All

I had complaints from a number of you about this. Our refuse collection has been erratic over the last couple of weeks. This is partly due to unofficial action by some of the refuse collection crews on Friday 31 December, which lasted about a week.

Following negotiations with the refuse crews, they were working normally by 6 January, but there was a backlog of refuse on some routes which will take some time to clear. That included some of Milton ward. We all hoped the routes would all be back to normal by Sunday 9 January, then came the bad weather which made it dangerous for crews to work some days.
The Council is recommending that you put you put your refuse out on the normal collection day and they will uplift it as soon as they possibly can. Mine has been 24 hours late, last week and this - and it got blown over. I gather there are still problems with collection in some neighbourhoods, and I have asked the Director to predict when these will be finally resolved and running smoothly.

One or two people are also a bit bemused as to when the collection date is for their properties now, since the route changes. I have asked the Director to give me a list so I can advise you if you don't know for sure.

Please tell me if these problems persist or any others problems arise.

Maureen

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 13 Jan 2005, 19:42

I might go on Dragon's Den next week with my invention to stop Bins blowing over in the wind.

Its a system involving lead weights that don't add weight to the bin when it is being moved but do when it is still. I tested it the other night and it seems to work well. I need a name for it......

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 13 Jan 2005, 22:06

Porty wrote:I might go on Dragon's Den next week with my invention to stop Bins blowing over in the wind.

Its a system involving lead weights that don't add weight to the bin when it is being moved but do when it is still. I tested it the other night and it seems to work well. I need a name for it......

Back on the beer then Porty?

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 13 Jan 2005, 22:44

Porty wrote:I might go on Dragon's Den next week with my invention to stop Bins blowing over in the wind.

Its a system involving lead weights that don't add weight to the bin when it is being moved but do when it is still. I tested it the other night and it seems to work well. I need a name for it......

Jim?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Jan 2005, 07:56

Porty wrote:I might go on Dragon's Den next week with my invention to stop Bins blowing over in the wind.

Its a system involving lead weights that don't add weight to the bin when it is being moved but do when it is still. I tested it the other night and it seems to work well. I need a name for it......

Weeble Bins - as in "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down" - remember them anyone?.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 Jan 2005, 09:58

foxy wrote:
Porty wrote:I might go on Dragon's Den next week with my invention to stop Bins blowing over in the wind.

Its a system involving lead weights that don't add weight to the bin when it is being moved but do when it is still. I tested it the other night and it seems to work well. I need a name for it......
Jim?

I believe you mean Ted. Jim was darts.

Marya, Im not back on the beer yet, maybe tonight. We will see. ECM I do remember Weebles. Weeble Wheelies has a bit of a ring about it. I was tending more to Bin Leaden and making something along those lines.

In all seriousness, how many of you, when puttng your Bins out, turn the Handles towards the direction the wind is coming from? This reduces the chance of the "Lid" becoming a sort of wind sail and thereby reduces the risk of topple.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 14 Jan 2005, 10:24

Porty wrote:was tending more to Bin Leaden and making something along those lines.

*groan* How could I have not seen that one coming?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 Jan 2005, 10:40

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 14 Jan 2005, 10:47

[quote="Porty
how many of you, when puttng your Bins out, turn the Handles towards the direction the wind is coming from? This reduces the chance of the "Lid" becoming a sort of wind sail and thereby reduces the risk of topple.[/quote]

Top Viz Tip there, porty!