Wheelie bins storage fees claim

Ian_W

Skippy2roo wrote: »

Double bag !!!!!! it takes a plastic bag 500 years to decompose apparently so 1000 years for starters there, wheres the sense in that, not very Green is it.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Erm, think yer maths might be a bit up the swanny there, unless, of course, it's relay decomposition when bag 1 passes on the decomposition baton to bag 2 after 500yrs?

But does raise the interesting question of how do "they" know? There weren't any plassie bags 500yrs ago - they might be shot to hell in 200yrs or still turning up Tesco bags in archaeological digs in the next millennia.

noh

Ian_W wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Erm, think yer maths might be a bit up the swanny there, unless, of course, it's relay decomposition when bag 1 passes on the decomposition baton to bag 2 after 500yrs?

But does raise the interesting question of how do "they" know? There weren't any plassie bags 500yrs ago - they might be shot to hell in 200yrs or still turning up Tesco bags in archaeological digs in the next millennia.

Tesco carrier bags degrade in less than two years. You will find this out if you store something in one and leave it in a cupboard.

dmg24

noh wrote: »

Tesco carrier bags degrade in less than two years. You will find this out if you store something in one and leave it in a cupboard.

Very true. A colleague at work found the remains of one in a drawer that had not been opened in a long time (strangely enough in the Finance Dept in an NHS Trust!!!).

shelly

Iv'e never understood why people wash their bins out regularly The only bin of ours that ever smells is the one for garden waste. And yes, ours only get collected every 2 weeks too. Its only rubbish going in the bins so why do they need to be cleaned every week? Maybe 2-3 times a year I will do as Becles and iceice says and swill the bins with hot soapy water but thats all.


Oh and we would love a spare bin, we'd use it as a water butt

melancholly

you can buy special 'biodegradable' bin bags that allegedly break down quicker than even the tesco ones (i had to clean out my bedroom a few months ago after rooting through all my bags and filling it with lots of little while plastic pieces!!). i think we got ours at the supermarket.

Dave_Brooker

Skippy2roo wrote: »

FBThree wrote: »

Rochdale council now operate a twice weekly collection, ie one week the normal rubbish is taken then the week after the recycle one is taken. It has been a disaster from day one, this is how stupid Rochdale council are.

They do that everywhere now, I don't know why people moan about it, we hardly ever seem to even half fill our wheely bin, and the recycling one is more full but rarely brimming.

Even in heat waves they never seem to pong.

peter999

Skippy2roo wrote: »

Here's the story then but i now realise i have 6 bins and not 5.

Moved into the house in March 2004, previous occupiers never took the wheelie bin and i asked the council for one as the previous occupiers said they would come round and collect theirs later, but they never did.

Total number = 2

Then the bin men dropped off a smaller size one because there were 4 people living at the house, i never asked for this extra bin.

Total Number = 3

Next they decided to drop off a brown one for grass cuttings etc.

Total Number = 4

Finally the council drop off 2 brand new recycling ones of which 1 only gets emptied once every 2 weeks as i cannot fill the other, i don't create enough recycling refuse, so it currently stands with the others all lined up like soldiers.

Grand Total = 6 bins

I have requested they either reduce the amount i have or i want a reduction of some sorts on my poll tax as i have more bins than the council depot lol

This is a classic story for TV news.

They love stories like this, where councils have lost the plot, where you cannot find anyone in the council who is interested as the jobsworths are too busy issuing wheelie bins & thinking up new hairbrained Green recycling schemes to issue even more wheelie bins.

How about returning a few of the bins to the Council Leader/Chief Executive with TV camera in tow ??

peter999

Clive_Woody

Skippy2roo wrote: »

dmg24 Your comments are hardly condusive to my question, so why the abuse ? but then with the amount of posts to your name you obviously must be an oracle, so i bow to thee oh Great one..............

There again...........no, i feel some level of pity for you, all those sperm and somehow you won the race, Unbelievable.

Some people like to act smug, it makes them feel big and special. Don't bite and eventually they will drown in their smugness (not to mistaken with Skegness).


To get rid of your bin simply paint a different house number on the bin then sneak out late one night and leave it in a different street. Problem solved.

Clive_Woody

Ian_W wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Erm, think yer maths might be a bit up the swanny there, unless, of course, it's relay decomposition when bag 1 passes on the decomposition baton to bag 2 after 500yrs?

But does raise the interesting question of how do "they" know? There weren't any plassie bags 500yrs ago - they might be shot to hell in 200yrs or still turning up Tesco bags in archaeological digs in the next millennia.

Actually he may not be that far off. When this double bagged rubbish goes to landfill it is only the outer bag that is exposed to the elements therefore this will deompose quicker than the inner bag which will only match the rate of decomposition when it too is exposed to the elements. You could counter this and say the contents of the inner bag will aid in it's decomposition, but this will of course depend on the constituents of said rubbish. I doubt it would take 1000 years unless he used very heavy duty bags, but by double bagging you will prolong the decomposition period.


Yes I am a scientist before you ask.

dmg24

Clive_Woody wrote: »

Some people like to act smug, it makes them feel big and special. Don't bite and eventually they will drown in their smugness (not to mistaken with Skegness).


To get rid of your bin simply paint a different house number on the bin then sneak out late one night and leave it in a different street. Problem solved.

Some people do not appreciate being told they are talking rubbish when they are actually ... correct!

I can't believe someone could get so stressed about something so trivial. Do you not have anything real to worry about? Muppett.