New house and wheelie bin

kleapatra

We had 2 recycling bins, one for my house and one for the flat adjoining my house. A few years ago someone stole one of these bins and the council want £85 to deliver a new one! Hell will freeze over before I pay for a bin, especially when I receive the worst service known to man from the council!

DannyboyMidlands

vuvuzela wrote: »

I wonder how many weeks that the council would need to get a new bin to the OP. Wouldn't surprise me if 3-4. And during that time, in a new house, the OP (if they live somewhere like me) wouldn't be able to have any rubbish collected as they have no bin and the council don't take bags.
And if they have no car (like me) they wouldn't be able to take their rubbish to the tip. So before commenting on things like that, maybe think a bit ?

I did think and have also now considered the horrors of waiting for one to be delivered.

But it's still just a bin. No big deal. If it was a big deal to them, OP should have asked for it.

scooterpig

Just buy a bin. It's annoying, but i the scheme of things not worth the hassle.

I never appreciated how good our council's collection policies were until I moved away from the UK. Over here, I have to buy my bins, then pay for them to be collected. I can only get recycling collected every two weeks (and we have to pay for that too). There's no free tip either, the tip is about 25 miles away and you have to pay for everything you throw away there.

Waterlily24

We moved here about five years ago, when we viewed the property the bins were all there (it was an empty property, the person who owned it had died). When we moved in the blue bin had gone and the council replaced it free of charge, they did say it wouldn't be replaced again.

pimento

When the wheels fell off one of our wheelies, the council took it away and delivered a replacement FOC.

Try telling them it has been stolen.

squinty

pimento wrote: »

Try telling them it has been stolen.

This is terrible advice - and could result in the OP committing a criminal act.

terrierlady

usally with new builds u just phone up local council and a bin is delivered so why they took old bin who knows,u just phone council and explain no bin they usally ask date you completed on property and issue new one/

pimento

It's not a lie. The previous owner stole it.

tbs624

If the Council originally supplied the bin to the property, & if the former occupants definitely took it , then I agree with Pimento - it has effectively been stolen by them.

OP - if you really can't afford one ( unusual housewarming pressie from family?) talk to your local Councillor and then get the local rag to take a picture of you looking forlorn with some bulging rubbish sacks. Many Councils are able to offer a discretionary replacement in your circumstances.

In the meantime, if the Council won't take bagged rubbish, and you have no transport for a trip to the dumpit site, what better way to get on speaking terms with your new neighbours - "please can we drop this in your bin if you have space" ........

Hope the previous house owners aren't relying on you to forward their mail.

pinkteapot

I would have phoned the council and said "I just moved into a house in this borough and it doesn't have a wheelie bin" - they probably would have given you one.

If not, there's a layby near us where there's always a bloke with a sign up saying "wheelie bins - £25". Not sure how many he sells since we don't have wheelie bins in our town. Point being, you should be able to get one for less than the council charge.