To expect a bin truck to be able to lift my bin?

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We have a larger size bin as we are a family of 8.
Note on bin yesterday it hasn't been emptied as it is too heavy!!
Now gone are the days the bin man lugs the bin to the truck and manually empties it - but apparently a machine can't lift it now either. .
It is placed in the back lane with less than 2 foot to the road to literally turn the bin towards the truck which lifts and tips it them drops it back down. .
Why make and distribute a larger bin - which we need to fill as is the whole point - if its too big a job for the truck?
Just came off the phone and the issue wasn't the workers moving the bin it was the truck's ability to lift it. .
We recycle as much as possible but bin emptied fortnightly and just manage to make do til then.

We now have to empty the bin and take rubbish to the tip and manage til next visit.

Presumably my council tax won't be reduced. ...
And just drove past today's shift stood smoking under a tree in the rain.

What other daily items don't serve the bloody purpose??

I would say if you pay your council tax and assuming you haven't filled your bin with concrete (or something weight similar) they are just being precious. Bug them till they empty it op.

Get 2 smaller sized bins? Our council will let you have the council issued one and buy another.

Are you putting compostable things in it? Be honest...food scraps?

Not all councils have separate food scrap bins - we don't. All non recyclable waste in our city is incinerated and that includes a lot of food waste.

We do have a composter but you're only supposed to put raw vegetable peelings in there really. A lot of other things like teabags, cooked food, meat etc go in the incinerator bin. I've tried composting used tea bags, but the tea bags themselves remain.

I don't even garden so have no use for the compost produced - it just sits there and I'm not lugging compost around in my car to give to someone who could use it.

Sounds like the OPs solution might be to have 2 normal sized bins rather than a big one. But it does seem that any aspect of bin collection that involves any effort whatsover these days is considered too much like hard work.

Our bin people leave the bins all over the place and won't collect them if the handles aren't pointing towards the road FFS. They can be picky about bin placement by householders, but won't put in a modicum of effort to leave the bin anywhere near where they found it. It seems they are playing some kind of bin bingo where you get extra points if you can leave the bin in a position that blocks the footpath and someone's drive at the same time.

Mrs - not everyone lives somewhere where they can compost you know.

Bug the council until they provide you with two bins instead. That is ridiculous I agree.

But that's why it's too heavy. Do they not give you a bin for food scraps or is it filling up to fast?

I don't mean you should compost...but if you can, don't put any food scraps in the bin...bag them and put them in the local street bin if you don't have a garden.

That is ridiculous. I assume you havent half filled it with wet earth or suchlike?
Why distribute a bin that the machinery cant lift when filled to normal capacity?
Is it even safe for a householder to go rooting through 2 week old waste , bag it up and transfer that waste to the local tip. I very much doubt it and wouldnt want it in my car.

I would go back to the council and get a supervisor to advise how exactly you are to dispose of the waste in your bin. Get their name and quote them when you then contact your councillor .This is not the right way to deal with your bin.

If everyone bagged their food waste/scraps up and put them in street bins the street bins would overflow twice a day!

My neighbours have two normal sized bins as a large family......more sensible.

We have a normal sized bin but it weighs an absolute tonne. What makes it heavy is cat litter. We use the wooden kind so it won't flush and I can put cat poo in the compost bin so it goes in the 'big' bin. (If anyone has a better idea then please let me know!)

Have you got anything like that in your bin op?

*Can't put cat poo in the compost sorry!

Why are you annoyed at seeing the binmen taking a shelter/ break when you have said the issue wasn't the men unable/ refusing to lift it but that the hydraulics on the truck couldn't cope with the weight so there was nothing the men could've done. It is a hard job ( and even dangerous at times ) and as they work out on the streets ( literally) are hardly going to go back to their depot canteen every time they stop for a break.

Our bin guys are brilliant really helpful but one was hurt when a bin broke and fell off . It was full and compressed by presumably jumping in it to get as much in and lots of nappies which weigh loads. All this for minimum wage

Bins can absolutely be too heavy for the hydraulics to cope with and if it falls down onto the crew it's very dangerous and not pretty. In my experience it is often caused by Green garden waste such as lawn clippings rotting down, or really heavy items like bricks, rubble etc.
Take some stuff out to make it lighter and take it to the Household waste centre.

If you're a family of eight and the bins only get collected fortnightly then I'm not really surprised that the bin was too heavy. Not your fault, but that's going to be a lot of waste. Looks like requesting an extra bin is your best option.

We are a family of 7 and rarely fill our standard sized wheelie bin which is emptied fortnightly. Our council is good at recycling - all food waste, tins, bottles, paper, most plastic. There's not a lot left for the wheelie bin.

All this for minimum wage

Bin men are most definitely not on minimum wage!
and they earn good bonusses, finishing up with at least £30k in some areas much more

Bin men get bonuses?!! They certainly don't in my area (I work for the local authority and know what they get paid) but they don't get minimum wage either.

"bag them and put them in the local street bin if you don't have a garden".

Please don't do this! It isn't what street bins are for and in this area we have notices near some of our street bins advising that putting household rubbish in then is "fly tipping" and warning of prosecution and fines.

Examine how much you are putting in the bin. We have a standard bin for a family of four and it is rarely even half full for the fortnightly collection. I could quite happily only put it out monthly.

As stated in the post. . A family of 8. . Add to that 4 ddogs. Def no food waste!!

Not round here no bonuses and government website says recycling operative starts on 13k rising to 16k experienced. To get more you need to drive or be a manager. I dont know any manual council workers that get bonuses or raises