Bin Collections

Pollycat

marliepanda wrote: »

I wouldnt as neither bin is full until 2 weeks is up, in fact the recycling one is the one that gets the fullest and our council are happy to take as much extra recycling that you put at the side in clear sacks.

+1 to this (although we don't fill our recycling bin in the 2 weeks).

lucywillow

Still weekly collections in my area for black bags, recycling & garden waste.
We also don't pay extra for garden waste to be collected ( up to 6 large bags per week).

custardy

CurlyWurly13 wrote: »

Doing some research. As you know, bin collections are every fortnight. Would you pay £10 a month to have someone collect your extra bin bags on the alternative weeks to the council collections?

Where would the researcher be taking the bin bags?

gettingtheresometime

Our recycling bins are collected every week and I rarely put the bin out every week, even taking into consideration I recycle rubbish from our office as well - and every day I seem to be bring home recycling.

General rubbish is collected every fortnight and we've managed to put it out once a month, even bring home the office's rubbish as well.

Spidernick

PasturesNew wrote: »

Some people are super-consumers and don't pay attention to how they're packing their bin if they can't cope with what they've got.

I agree with this. Even when my twin boys were in nappies we were still fine with fortnightly collections with five of us living in the house. Any household that cannot cope with this is doing something seriously wrong in my view!

tealady

We have weekly bin and fortnightly recycling collections. It would take me about 3 months to fill my bin and a year to fill the recycling (except for the paper/ card pod which is tiny, can fill that in a few weeks.
Green waste is chargeable, round here I know of familes and neighbours who share the cost.
Bulky items are chargeable, but I usually ask friends to take me to the tip (or walk as I don't drive).

onlyroz

Alternate weekly works fine for us.

I also pay £50 a year for a garden waste collection. This I object to, mainly because our neighbours just sling their garden waste down the side lane to avoid paying the fee.

meer53

If you have a wheelie bin (do people still have dustbins ?) i struggle to see why you would need a collection more than fortnightly ? I wrap all my rubbish before putting it in the wheelie bin to minimise the risk of maggots in the summer and a bin cleaning company clean and disinfect it for me after each empty. It's £2 for the clean/disinfect, well worth it in the summer (i'm small and can't reach the bottom of my wheelie bin !)

On the odd occasion where my bin has been full (snow preventing the dustcart getting up our road, council strikes etc) i have taken my rubbish to the tip myself.

So... no, i wouldn't pay any more for weekly collections.

pinkshoes

We are a family of 5 with twins in nappies and our rubbish bin is rarely full for the fortnightly collections.

Most our waste goes in the recycle bin.

No need to pay for extra collections.

Kynthia

Unfortunately our council recycling only takes plastic bottles, paper, cardboard, and cans. Therefore more goes into the normal rubbish bin than I'd like. It does mean that we still have weekly collections. Many of us take our glass waste to local recycling bins but we can't do that with everything.